US BELIEVES 2006 CRUCIAL FOR KARABAKH CONFLICT

Yerkir
05.04.2006 11:48

YEREVAN (YERKIR) – The US believes that 2006 will be crucial year
for the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, United States
Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Reno Harnish said.

In his words, the US, as an OSCE Minsk group co-chair has always
supported the talks between the heads of states and foreign ministers
of the conflicting parties and will continue its role of the mediator
in the conflict. “We support the Azerbaijani and Armenian efforts
aimed at peaceful resolution of the conflict,” the Ambassador said.

Commenting on the US State Department advising its citizens to avoid
visiting the uncontrolled territories for their own safety, he added
that US has always admitted that “more than 16% of the Azerbaijani
territory are beyond the governmental control and human rights
matters on these territories cannot be controlled by Azerbaijan,”
Trend reports.