Baku doubts in US’s stance as a mediator in Karabakh process
PanARMENIAN.Net
23.04.2007 13:39 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Azeri government has decided to postpone the
visit of an Azeri delegation to the United States, during which from
April 23 till 24 bilateral consultations on Security issues were
scheduled in Washington, says the statement of the Press Office of
Azerbaijani MFA.
This decision is connected with the amendments that were introduced
to the initial text of U.S. State Department’s human rights report
in 2006. Particularly changes touched the section dedicated to the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
"Solution of this conflict by keeping the territorial integrity of
the Republic of Azerbaijan (Nagorno Karabakh is supposed to be an
integral part of Azerbaijan) is a paramount element in the process
of wide cooperation between Azerbaijan and the US in the sphere of
security. Introduction of amendments to the already published report
that distort the gist of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, arouses
perplexity and doubts in US’s stance as an impartial mediator in the
issue of the conflict settlement. Similar moves may create serious
barriers for further cooperation between the two countries in the
security sphere," the Azeri MFA Press Office reports.
High official representatives from National Security Service, Home
Office, Defense Ministry, State Frontier Guard Service, State Customs
Committee and Special State Guard Service were due to participate in
the consultations," "Novosti-Azerbaijan" reports.