RICE: U.S. AND TURKEY TO BUILD FOUNDATION FOR COOPERATION IN CAUCASUS
PanARMENIAN.Net
19.09.2008 13:43 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The United States and Europe are solidifying ties
with neighbors, the U.S. Secretary of State said.
"We are working as a wider group, including with our friends in
Finland and Sweden, who have been indispensable partners throughout
this recent crisis. We are backing worthy initiatives, like Norway’s
High North policy," Condoleezza Rice said in her address to the German
Marshall Fund.
"We are working to resolve other regional disputes, such as Nagorno
Karabakh, and to build with friends and allies like Turkey a foundation
for cooperation in the Caucasus. And we will not allow Russia to wield
a veto over the future of the Euro-Atlantic community – neither what
states are offered membership, nor the choice of states that accept
it. We have made this particularly clear to our friends in Ukraine,"
she said, the State Department’s press center reported.
"The United States and Europe are deepening our cooperation in pursuit
of greater energy independence – working with Azerbaijan, and Georgia,
and Turkey, and the Caspian countries. We will expand and defend open
global energy in the economy from abusive practices. There cannot be
one set of rules for Russia, Inc. – and another for everyone else,"
Secretary Rice said.