US DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE: "SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT CAN HAVE POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE STABILITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION"
APA
Dec 1 2009
Azerbaijan
Athens. Victoria Dementyeva – APA. "US efforts toward the solution
of Nagorno Karabakh conflict through the mediation of OSCE Minsk
Group has an significant impact on the strengthening of relations
between Azerbaijan and Armenia", said US Deputy Secretary of State
James Steinberg at the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens.
He noted that as the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair, the United States is
working for the once and for all solution to the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, which will have a positive impact on the stability and
economic development of the region. Steinberg added that the conflict
settlement remained as one of the issues focused by the OSCE and
Corfu process was also directed toward this issue. "The United States
has a number of proposals toward the setting of new mechanisms on
this issue".