CLINTON: US FOCUSES ON KARABAKH SETTLEMENT

News.az
March 16 2010
Azerbaijan

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expects human rights to improve
in Armenia and Azerbaijan once the Karabakh conflict has been solved.

‘We have already focused our attention on the resolution of the
Karabakh conflict,’ Hillary Clinton told reporters in Washington.

Clinton made the remarks when asked by reporters a the lack of US
attention towards the case of young activists Adnan Hajizade and Emin
Abdullayev compared to the attention paid to energy issues.

Clinton said the United States was watching the issue and had voiced
its concern at the matter. ‘We have concentrated our attention on the
resolution of the Karabakh conlict. I think the situation of human
rights in Azerbaijan and Armenia will improve after the resolution
of the Karabakh conflict.’

Asked about Clinton’s remarks, the public affairs officer of the
US embassy in Azerbaijan, Terry Davidson, said, ‘We also show our
support for the improvement of human rights.’

Davidson said that the State Department released its report on human
rights last week, which covered all aspects of human rights.