NATO and Azerbaijan want to broaden relations – alliance official

Interfax, Russia
June 8 2012

NATO and Azerbaijan want to broaden relations – alliance official

BAKU. June 8

NATO is pleased with the level of relations it has with Azerbaijan, a
contributor to the peacekeeping operation in Afghanistan, the
alliance’s Liaison Officer on the South Caucasus Region William Lahue
told journalists on Friday.

Azerbaijan and NATO are interested in further promoting and expanding
their relations, he said.

A vivid example of it is the peacekeeping operation in Afghanistan, he added.

Commenting on Azerbaijan’s role in the non-aligned movement, Lahue
said that every country is entitled to make its own choice of policy.

Every country makes its own choice regarding its policy, Lahue said,
adding that Azerbaijan’s position was not standing in the way of its
relations with NATO.

NATO supports the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
(OSCE) Minsk Group, which has been mediating in Armenian-Azeri talks
on a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, he said.