FBI agent probing Azeri journalist’s murder leaves Baku

Space TV, Baku
9 Mar 05

[Presenter] US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish has said when
speaking about his country’s position on the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict
that Washington stands ready to provide Azerbaijan with all necessary
assistance to find a fair solution to the conflict.

[Harnish shown talking to camera in English, an interpreter translating
into Azeri] The position of the United States on this issue is quite
clear. We don’t recognize the self-proclaimed Karabakh republic. The
USA respects Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and is ready to assist
Azerbaijan in finding a fair and lasting solution to this problem.

[Presenter] The ambassador also said that the FBI agent who came to
Azerbaijan to help investigate the murder of the editor-in-chief of
the Monitor magazine, Elmar Huseynov, has already left the country.

[Harnish] The FBI agent spent four days here working alongside
representatives of the prosecutor’s office, the interior and
the national security ministries. The FBI agent and I met the
prosecutor-general yesterday [8 March] to discuss future directions
of the investigation. He has already left Azerbaijan and we are now
awaiting further advice from the investigation group as to how else
the FBI can help.