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US to Intensify Efforts in Karabakh Settlement

08.04.2006 20:21 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ United States are in support of the peaceful
resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and will intensify its
efforts in that direction, the US State Secretary, Condoleezza Rice
stated at her meeting with the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov in Washington. Rice expressed her support towards the
democratization policy in Azerbaijan and suggested that the strategic
development dialogue should be continued during the visit of the
Azerbaijani president to Washington.

Mammadyarov in his turn thanked for consistent policy on `recognition
of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan’ and support in the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict resolution. After the talks with Washington
officials, Mammadyarov stated they wish to enhance US-Azeri relations,
which meets Azerbaijan’s national interests. `The US supports the
far-sighted strategic policy of President Ilham Aliyev regarding the
country and the region. The US is grateful to Azerbaijan for efforts
within the anti-terror coalition. They view us as a regional leader,’
Mammadyarov underscored.