WARMING UP OF US-RUSSIAN RELATIONS FAVORABLE FOR KARABAGH CO

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WARMING UP OF US-RUSSIAN RELATIONS FAVORABLE FOR KARABAGH CONFLICT REGULATION

US ambassador to Azerbaijan said at an interview given to a local newspaper that the cooperation between Russia and USA creates favorable preconditions for Karabagh conflict regulation.

 

 

According to Azeri 525 Gazet, ambassador Ross Wilson, commenting on the section, informed that the aid US going to render to Azerbaijan is going to be directed mainly for protecting the borders of the republic, as well as rendering technical, economic and political support in different spheres. Answering reporters’ question what influence will the warming up of US-Russian relations have on Karabagh conflict, Ross Wilson answered that this issue was in the center of the OSCE Minks group US and Russian co-chairmen’s attention, but after the terrible events of September 11 the presidents of the two countries see the solution of Karabagh conflict in only one way. In any case the sides still have a lot to do in this respect.

 

 

US ambassador considers the recent visit of the OSCE MG co-chairmen to the region a positive step, as far as they were pleased by the results of negotiations with Kocharian and Aliyev. According to the ambassador encouraging is the fact that both Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders expressed willingness to continue the negotiations the peace format, and new ideas were suggested. ‘Yes, Minsk group co-chairman didn’t achieve essential success recently, but the latest visit to the region was so efficient that it can be considered the basis for future negotiations’,- said Ross Wilson.

 

 

Talking about US-Iranian relations the ambassador noted that the recent geopolitical developments had a positive influence on them. But in the basis of American-Iranian disagreements lays the position of Iran in Near East issue, issues of human rights protection and the problem of mass destruction weaponry possession.

 

 

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