US POLICY WITH RESPECT TO NAGORNO-KARABAKH HAS NOT CHANGED

ArmInfo Agency
2007-04-26 17:57:00

The US policy with respect to Nagorno-Karabakh has not changed. The
United States supports the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and
holds that the future status of Nagorno-Karabakh is a matter of
negotiations between the parties, the PR officer of the US Embassy
in Armenia Taguhi Jahukian has told ArmInfo’s correspondent.

She says: "Language in the human rights report had mistakenly
led some to believe that there had been a change in US policy
concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This caused us great
concern. Therefore we clarified language in the report to correct any
confusion. Unfortunately, our efforts to clarify matters led only to
further distortions, misrepresentation of the facts, false assumptions,
and irresponsible speculation in both Armenia and Azerbaijan.

We have restored the original text. We repeat that there has
been no change in the US policy, in our role as a mediator to the
conflict through the OSCE’s Minsk Group or in our energetic efforts
to facilitate a peaceful negotiated settlement to the conflict. We
plan to forward with those efforts and call on the governments in both
countries to do the same and for the publics to support us in that."