AZERBAIJAN SENDS NOTE OF PROTEST TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

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Dec 18 2009
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani Ambassador to the U.S. Yashar Aliyev presented an official
note of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry to the U.S. State Department
to protest the U.S. financial assistance to the separatists of
Nagorno-Karabakh, ANS TV reported.

"This assistance strengthens ethnic separatism in Nagorno-Karabakh
and adversely affects the solution of the conflict. This step of U.S.,
who recognizes Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, implies moral and
material support. This step decreases a confidence and trust to U.S.

in Azerbaijan," the note read.