Baku doubts in US's stance as a mediator in Karabakh process

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Azeri government has decided to postpone the visit of an Azeri delegation to the United States, during which from April 23 till 24 bilateral consultations on Security issues were scheduled in Washington, says the statement of the Press Office of Azerbaijani MFA.



This decision is connected with the amendments that were introduced to the initial text of U.S. State Department's human rights report in 2006. Particularly changes touched the section dedicated to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.



"Solution of this conflict by keeping the territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Nagorno Karabakh is supposed to be an integral part of Azerbaijan) is a paramount element in the process of wide cooperation between Azerbaijan and the US in the sphere of security. Introduction of amendments to the already published report that distort the gist of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, arouses perplexity and doubts in US's stance as an impartial mediator in the issue of the conflict settlement. Similar moves may create serious barriers for further cooperation between the two countries in the security sphere," the Azeri MFA Press Office reports.



High official representatives from National Security Service, Home Office, Defense Ministry, State Frontier Guard Service, State Customs Committee and Special State Guard Service were due to participate in the consultations," "Novosti-Azerbaijan" reports.