US STATEMENTS AIM TO ENSURE COUNTRY’S POSITION IN REGION
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.11.2009 18:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ US positions itself as a country concerned with
issues of the world, an expert at St. Petersburg Center for Middle
East Studies Alexander Sotnichenko told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter,
commenting on the information of Azerbaijan’s starting a war in case
US recognizes NKR independence. "US is most probably concerned over
Russia’s and Turkey’s increasing influence in the region. Besides,
the presence of Iran makes South Caucasus a strategic region. There’s
no country in the world whose policy is not influences by US,"
Sotnichenko noted, adding that by its statement US is not trying
to support positions of either Armenia, Karabakh or Azerbaijan,
but rather aims to ensure its position in region.
Washington has actually imposed a tough ultimatum on Azerbaijan,
saying that "US will recognize Nagorno Karabakh’s independence in case
the country attempts to resume military operations," Yeni Musavat
Azerbaijani pro-opposition party’s official Web site reported. The
information was later disseminated by other media.
Baku claims that Washington, in the person of Deputy Assistant
Secretary Tina Kaidanow, responded to Baku’s bellicose statements on
Karabakh conflict settlement. Furthermore, Americans insist that they
possess information on Azerbaijan’s making secret preparations for war.
Observers believe Baku’s rhetoric is accounted for by the fact that
territorial integrity issue is not included in the agenda of talks
over Karabakh status, NEWSru.com reports.