Pan Armenian News
WASHINGTON-BAKU DEFENSE COOPERATION DOES NOT THREATEN NEIGHBOR STATES
25.05.2005 06:58
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The defense cooperation between the US and Azerbaijan does
not threaten the neighbor states, US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Rino Harnish
stated. He also refuted reports on quartering the US troops in Azerbaijan
for guarding the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. In his words the
US-Azerbaijan military cooperation covers two fields: bringing the Azeri
army to conformity with the international standards and the minimization of
threats at the marine and overland borders of the country. In part, the
matter concerns prevention of contraband and illegal delivery of weapons of
annihilation.