‘U.S. CONSIDERS AZERBAIJAN VALUABLE PARTNER’, PHILLIP CROWLEY
Baku, April 23 (AZERTAC). “The United States considers Azerbaijan a valuable partner on a broad range of security issues. On the subject of military exercise, that’s more of a United States Department of Defense matter. But we will continue to work in the Minsk process along with Russia, France, as the three OSCE co-chairs work with the parties - Armenia and Azerbaijan - to seek a long-term resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict”, Phillip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of State said at the April 22, 2010 State Department Briefing.
Touching upon the Turkey-Armenia protocols, the U.S. Department of State spokesman said, “Though President Sargsian stated that Armenia will suspend the discussion of the protocols in its national assembly, I think that we are actually encouraged that, both in the case of Armenia and Turkey, both sides have taken pains to make sure the process doesn’t collapse. That gives us some reason for optimism that over the long term we can find ways to come back to it and try to push forward the protocols again”.
Mr. Crowley underscored that the normalization process carries important benefits for Turkey and Armenia as well as the wider Caucasus region. ‘We will continue to urge both sides to keep the door open to pursuing efforts at reconciliation and normalization. That was our message to both Turkey and Armenia during the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit’, he said.
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