AZERI MP SAYS USA SPENDS OIL INCOME ON BACKING KARABAKH SEPARATISTS

Turan
April 20 2010
Azerbaijan

An Azerbaijani MP has said USA spends income from oil contracts in
Azerbaijan to support Karabakh separatists, Baku based Turan news
agency reported on 20 April.

MP Fazail Agamali criticized the USA for its efforts to reconcile
Turkey and Armenia and added that American share in oil contracts
should be decreased because income from Azerbaijani oil is used to
support separatists. "In general, the US activities in Azerbaijan
should be ceased," Agamali was quoted as saying.

APA news agency quoted Ali Ahmadov, the deputy chairman of the ruling
New Azerbaijan Party and an MP, as saying it was time to replace
co-chair countries of the OSCE Minsk Group, which is trying to
broker a peace to the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict over the Nagornyy
Karabakh: "Failure of the co-chair countries of the OSCE Minsk Group
to demonstrate an unwavering position and insufficient protection
of Azerbaijan’s interests which is a victim of occupation, gives
grounds to say that time is ripe to make changes to the structure of
co-chairmanship institution of the OSCE Minsk Group."

The USA, Russia and France are co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.