IT’S TIME TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS IN SOUTH CAUCASUS, U.S. SAYS

PanARMENIAN.Net
16.09.2008 14:16 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The events in Georgia proved once again that it is
time to settle the conflicts, existing in the region, said Anne Derse,
the U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan.

"U.S. vice president Dick Cheney said during his visit to Azerbaijan
that it is the most favorable and important moment for the resolution
of Nagorno Karabakh conflict. He announced the U.S. supports the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and that the conflict should be
settled on the basis of this principle, but naturally, considering
international and diplomatic experience", she told reporters Tuesday.

The ambassador noted that the United States will continue its
activities for resolution of the conflict.

"As you know, U.S. co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Matthew Bryza
is visiting the region, tomorrow he will arrive in Baku to hold talks
to that end", said Derse.

She also noted that independent and sovereign states in the Caucasus
have are entitled to determine their future independently. This is a
"long-term position of the United States, which remains changeless."

"Official Washington wants to see the Caspian and South Caucasus
regions as developing, stable and democratic regions," she said.

Touching upon the Caucasus Security & Cooperation Platform, the
diplomat said that "this idea is in process of formation and we are
just watching this process," Day.az reports.