POLITICS
DEFENSE MINISTER MEET US EX-AMBASSADOR
Touching on the process of settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Colonel-General Safar Abiyev pointed out that the United States increase its efforts towards its resolution on the base of the international legal norms and principle of territorial integrity. “I believe the visit to the region by US co-Chair Steven Mann will have its positive impact on the issue,” he said
Mr. Harnish said, for his part, that the US–Azerbaijan cooperation is on a level of strategic partnership, and the upcoming official visit by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Washington will foster the existing relationship between the two countries.
The Defense Minister and ex-Ambassador also exchanged views on a n umber of other issues of mutual interest.