U.S. State Department: Karabakh future status to be settled through negotiations

PanARMENIAN.Net - The U.S. Department of State issued a fact sheet Tuesday reiterating that "the United States does not recognize Nagorno Karabakh as an independent country, supports the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, and holds that the future status of the region is to be settled through negotiations."



It reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to the Minsk process and said cooperation among the three co-chairs is excellent.



For her part, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to demonstrate political will for resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.



"I am very much of the view that the Nagorno Karabakh issue is one that could be resolved, and actually, with just a little bit of will, could be resolved relatively quickly," she told the U.S.-Turkey council in Washington.