US UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS: WE HOPE THAT WE’LL BE ABLE TO GIVE AN IMPETUS TO THE PROGRESS IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
ArmInfo Agency, Armenia
Oct 4 2007
ArmInfo. The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met the
US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicolas Burns in
New York.
Burns’s meeting with Elmar Mammadyarov, held behind closed doors
lasted an hour, APA reports. The American Co-chairman of the OSCE
Minsk Group Matthew Bryza also participated in it. Commenting on his
meeting with the Azerbaijani FM, Nicolas Burns said that the necessity
of progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh issue was touched upon: "A little
while ago I met the Armenian FM. We’ll continue the discussions, and
we hope that we’ll be able to give an impetus to the progress in the
conflict settlement". He also noted that the discussion also covered
energy issues. According to him, Americans consider Azerbaijan one of
the most important regions in the world from the point of view of the
country’s extracting and transit possibilities. "To have success in
this sphere, we’ll help Azerbaijan in everything, which is within our
power. The country unites Central Asia and Caucasus with Europe. In
particular, much importance is given to the transmission project of
Azerbaijani gas to Europe. The US Government is against one country’s
domination in gas-supply to Europe. We want to see diversity in this
sphere. We plan to hold high-level discussions on this matter with
Azerbaijani Government", N.Burns said.