STATE DEPARTMENT: U.S. IS NEUTRAL OVER KARABAKH CONFLICT AND SUPPORTS OSCE MINSK GROUP EFFORTS
armradio.am
21.04.2010 15:25
The U.S. took a neutral position on the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict and highly supports the OSCE Minsk Group’s efforts, U.S.
State Department Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner said in an
interview with the ‘Voice of America’.
There is no cooling in the Azerbaijani-U.S. relations, Tonar said. As
co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, the United States for a long period
has made every effort to rapidly resolve the protracted conflict
together with Azerbaijan and Armenia.
"We are not at anyone’s side, we support the Minsk Group and the
peaceful settlement of the conflict," he said.
Toner also touched the issue of the Turkish-Armenian negotiations. "We
stand for the normalization of the Turkish-Armenian relations,
which corresponds to the interests of the region. At the same time,
we highly support the Minsk process. We would like to achieve a
peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and to work
with Azerbaijan and Armenia for this end," Toner added.