US STATE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS AZERBAIJAN’S NOTE OF PROTEST

APA
28 Jan 2010 14:28

Baku. Victoria Dementyeva – APA. US State Department responded the
note of protest sent by Azerbaijan, Public Relations Officer of US
Embassy in Azerbaijan Terry Davidson told APA.

He said the State Department sent its response to the Embassy of
Azerbaijan in the United States. "You can learn details from the
Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington or from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs".

Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elkhan
Polukhov told APA that the Ministry had not received yet the State
Department’s response. Polukhov said he was unaware of the US State
Department’s response to the note of December 17. "If the response is
sent to the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington indeed, most probably
it will reach the Ministry of Foreign Affairs next week. Everything
depends on the diplomatic postal service".

Azerbaijani Ambassador to the United States Yashar Aliyev submitted
a note to the US State Department on December 17 in a protest against
the US Congress decision about financial assistance to Nagorno Karabakh
separatist regime. The State Department said it would respond the note
soon, but was forced to delay it due weather conditions, Christmas
and New Year holidays.