USA RECOGNIZE THAT CIRCUMSTANCES OF EACH CONFLICT UNIQUE: US EMBASSY
IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19. ARMINFO. “We recognize that the circumstances of
each conflict are unique,” the statement of US Embassy in Armenia in
connection with the statement by US Assitance Secretary of State
Elizabeth Jones on the necessity of estbalishing stabiliy, preventing
corruption and liquidating the criminal separatits ruling the
territories of “the self-proclaimed” Nagorny Karabakh, South Ossetia,
Abkhazia and Dniester region.
The Embassy further states that “U.S. policy with respect to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has not changed. The United States does not
recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent country, and its
leadership is not recognized internationally or by the United
States. The United States supports the territorial integrity of
Azerbaijan and holds that the future status of Nagorno-Karabakh is a
matter of negotiation between the parties in the Minsk Group
process. The United States remains actively engaged in advancing a
peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through the Minsk
Group process. We are encouraged by the continuing talks between the
Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Assistant Secretary Jones’s comment quoted in the Moscow Times was
directed at the need for the U.S. and Russia to work together to
resolve the conflicts and advance transparency and rule of law in the
conflict areas. We recognize that the circumstances of each conflict
are unique.”