Azerbaijan's territory useful for flies to Afghanistan: American analyst

"Azerbaijan can play positive role in terms of rebuilding infrastructure, helping to provide Afghan people with normal life facilities", Deputy Director and Senior Fellow at CSIS on Transnational Threats Project Sanderson said.

Sanderson said that right now there is a need for as much help as possible in Afghanistan.

"While I was in Afghanistan I visited Mazar-e-Sharif, (northern Afghanistan, 400 kilometers northwest of Kabul) where Azerbaijani soldiers are serving. I saw the importance of those operations and I believe Azerbaijan's role there can be increased", he said.

Azerbaijan's role in additional strategic operations can increase, Sanderson said.

Azerbaijan and Georgia's territory is useful for flies to Afghanistan, he said.

"And also, both Georgia and Azerbaijan can actively participate in land operations by using sea ports Poti and Aktau", he said.

Central Asia is playing a bigger role in Afghanistan in comparison with South Caucasus, he said.

"But as to  Turkmenistan, we can say that it's easier to work with countries like Azerbaijan. We believe that the U.S. can use more of Azerbaijan's military and civil potential in Afghanistan - the more help is there, the better", U.S expert said.

U.S expert also mentioned that he and his colleagues are planning a visit later this year to Azerbaijan to get to know more about the country and the region.

/Trend News/