U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT: KARABAKH FUTURE STATUS TO BE SETTLED THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS

PanARMENIAN.Net
16.04.2008 15:32 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The U.S. Department of State issued a fact sheet
Tuesday reiterating that "the United States does not recognize Nagorno
Karabakh as an independent country, supports the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan, and holds that the future status of the region is to
be settled through negotiations."

It reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to the Minsk process and said
cooperation among the three co-chairs is excellent.

For her part, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on
Armenia and Azerbaijan to demonstrate political will for resolution
of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

"I am very much of the view that the Nagorno Karabakh issue is one
that could be resolved, and actually, with just a little bit of will,
could be resolved relatively quickly," she told the U.S.-Turkey
council in Washington.