Azerbaijani FM meets US Secretary of State
Baku, June 4 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov has met US Secretary of State John Kerry as part of his visit to Washington.
Stressing that Azerbaijan is an important partner for the US, Kerry underlined Azerbaijan`s contribution to NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan and to the energy security of Europe, as well as the country`s role in other significant issues for the US.
Noting that the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a threat to the regional stability, the Secretary of State said that the US, as a co-chair country of the OSCE Minsk Group, would do its best to solve the dispute.
Mammadyarov said Azerbaijan attached special attention to bilateral relations with the US, and expressed confidence that the successful cooperation in economic, investment and energy area, as well as within the international organizations would further enhance. Speaking about the negotiations on the peaceful settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, the minister noted that the status quo must be changed. Mammadyarov also stressed that in order to achieve progress in the negotiations, first of all Armenia must withdraw its troops from Azerbaijan`s occupied territories.
FM Mammadyarov invited John Kerry to pay an official visit to Baku.
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