DANIEL FRIED: IT IS TIME TO WORK OUT AGREEMENT ON BASIC PRINCIPLES OF KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

2007-12-13 15:15:00

ArmInfo. It the time to work out an agreement on the basic principles
of the Karabakh conflict settlement, US Assistant Secretary General
for Europe and Eurasia Daniel Fried said at today’s conference of
the Eurasian Policy Center "Relations Among Azerbaijan, Turkey and
USA and Their Significance for Europe".

As the USA State Department’s site reports, talking of the
important strategic partnership in Azerbaijan-Turkey-USA tandem,
D. Fried emphasized that Azerbaijan has to carry out political
reforms. Azerbaijan should also solve its unresolved issue with
Armenia. The South Caucasus will not be able to fully open its
potential without the Karabakh conflict settlement, he added. The
American diplomat continued that unless Armenia remains isolated
in this region, it is impossible to implement the general concept
of prosperity and freedom and, therefore, stability. Moreover,
he said that the USA do not consider that they play against any
country, in which only one party becomes a winner. He also that
talking specifically, Russia will become an important factor in this
region. It is impossible and unreasonable for the USA to set the
competition with Russia as their political goal.

Instead of that, every country is enabled to develop the relations
with the Central Asia and South Caucasus as this region finds its
way in the world under new independence and sovereignty. D. Fried
resumed that they will briskly protect and promulgate this idea.