BAKU: Condoleezza Rice: "I Do Not Know Whether Karabakh Conflict Wil

CONDOLEEZZA RICE: "I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT WILL BE SOLVED SOON OR NOT"

Azeri Press Agency
March 13 2008
Azerbaijan

Baku. Tamara Grigoryeva-APA. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
took doubtful stance to the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh in a short
term. APA reports quoting U.S. State Department website.

Condoleezza Rice took stance to claims sounded in the Congress that
there would be war in the Caucasus region again.

"I do not know whether Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be solved soon
or not .We had several chances for it. We conduct negotiations on the
settlement of the conflict. I want to note that the two parties have
problems in the settlement of the conflict and we want to assure that
the two parties are responsible for it," she said. Rice stated that US
tried to assist the conflict parties in the resolution to the conflict.