AzerTag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
March 26 2004
ON GOALS OF US DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE’S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN
[March 26, 2004, 12:55:38]
Ambassador of the United State of America to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish
told journalists that US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage
would arrive in Baku to discuss military cooperation between the two
countries, combat against international terrorism, implementation of
oil and gas projects and way of solution to the Armenia-Azerbaijan,
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Asked whether USA intend to deploy its
military installations in Azerbaijan, the Ambassador gave a negative
answer adding that journalist draw too much attention to this
question. According to him, however, the U.S. militaries are going to
conducts trainings in military units of the Azerbaijan Army to
provide high-level defense of maritime, land and air frontiers of the
country.
In conclusion, Mr. Harnish stressed that Washington was interested in
building Azerbaijan National Army in line with western standards.