US top official to hold talks in Baku
BAKU – US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg is due to arrive in Azerbaijan on Thursday as part of his visit to the South Caucasus region, according to the US embassy in Baku.
Steinberg will hold talks with Azerbaijani leaders on bilateral relations and the situation in the region.
He will be accompanied during the visit by US Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon.
Russian media reported that one of the main goals of the visit is to discuss the Nagorno Karabakh conflict ahead of the next round of talks between the Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders next month.
The two countries’ presidents are due to hold their next meeting with their Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev’s mediation in Sochi, Russia on March 5.
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