TERRY DAVIDSON: THE NORMALIZATION OF TURKEY-ARMENIA RELATIONS WILL ALSO HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THE SOLUTION TO NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT

news.az
Nov 6 2009
Azerbaijan

Terry Davidson Public Relations Officer of the U.S. Embassy in
Azerbaijan Terry Davidson, who is visiting Ganja, met with head of
the executive power Eldar Azizov and rector of Agriculture Academy
Mirdamed Sadigov.

The diplomat visited American corner in Ganja Central Library and
Community Information Center. Terry Davidson held a press conference
in the center. He said the White House and the Department of State
attaches great importance to the partnership with Azerbaijan.

"The US and Azerbaijan are cooperating in three main spheres. One
of them is security cooperation. As you know we are living in a very
dangerous world. We are trying to make the world less dangerous with
cooperation. The second sphere is the cooperation with Azerbaijan in
the field of oil and gas. We want Azerbaijan to be a stronger, more
independent and sovereign state in the sphere of energy supply and
do our best for this. Moreover, we support Azerbaijan in the field
of democratization," he said.

The diplomat said they understand the difficulties, which Azerbaijan
has been facing for 20 years.

"The US is also cooperating with the Armenian President and trying to
find a peaceful solution to the Nagorno Karabakh problem. As you know,
the protocols signed between Turkey and Armenia caused some concern.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton supported the normalization
of the relations between these two countries. We consider that the
normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations will not have a negative
influence on the region, on the contrary, the normalization of these
relations will have an influence on the solution to the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict," he said.