Washington affirms stance on Garabagh conflict
The United States backs a peaceful settlement of the
Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict based on the
principles of non-use of force, territorial integrity of countries,
equality of nations and their right to self-determination, a top
State Department official was quoted by Armenian reports as
saying.
The statement by Celeste Wallander, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, came during his recent meetings with Armenian officials, according to the US embassy in Yerevan.
Wallander said Washington will be supporting efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group mediating the peace process.
The deputy assistant secretary has held meetings with the Armenian president, defense minister and other officials in Yerevan.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in conflict for nearly two decades. Peace talks began following a lengthy war in the early 1990s that ended with the signing of a fragile cease-fire but have been largely unsuccessful, so far, as Armenia continues to occupy Upper Garabagh and seven other Azerbaijani districts in defiance of international law. The U.S. co-chairs the Minsk Group, along with France and Russia.*
The statement by Celeste Wallander, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, came during his recent meetings with Armenian officials, according to the US embassy in Yerevan.
Wallander said Washington will be supporting efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group mediating the peace process.
The deputy assistant secretary has held meetings with the Armenian president, defense minister and other officials in Yerevan.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in conflict for nearly two decades. Peace talks began following a lengthy war in the early 1990s that ended with the signing of a fragile cease-fire but have been largely unsuccessful, so far, as Armenia continues to occupy Upper Garabagh and seven other Azerbaijani districts in defiance of international law. The U.S. co-chairs the Minsk Group, along with France and Russia.*
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