US SEEKS TO WORK WITH RUSSIA TO END POST-SOVIET CONFLICTS

Armenpress
Mar 09 2006

YEREVAN, MARCH 9, ARMENPRESS: Daniel Fried, US Assistant Secretary for
European and Eurasian Affairs said during a March 8 Testimony before
the House International Relations Committee Subcommittee on Europe that
U.S. relations with Russia’s neighbors and other countries in Eurasia
seem to be viewed by some in Russia in zero-sum terms, a model that
‘we have both publicly and privately told the Russians is false.’
“We seek to work with Russia and others to resolve dangerous and
debilitating conflicts in places like South Ossetia, Transnistria,
Abkhazia, and Nagorno-Karabakh. We hope that Russia will take
advantage of Georgia’s proposals for a peaceful settlement of the
South Ossetia conflict and work toward a solution that respects both
Georgia’s territorial integrity and the interests of the people of
South Ossetia,” he said.

He also said the US urges the Armenian and Azeri leaderships to seize
the moment and help bring the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to a close.