Ex-ambassador to NATO: U.S. should intensify efforts to solve Nagorno-Karabakh problem

The U.S. should intensify efforts to resolve the dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh  region, which is disputed by Armenia and Azerbaijan, said Kurt Volker, U.S. ambassador to NATO from July 2008 to May 2009, the managing director of the Center on Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University and a senior adviser at the Atlantic Council of the United States.

"This is an issue on which Russia, the United States and Europe have been working together well for years, and the outlines of a possible settlement have long been on the table," Volker said in an interview with The Washington Post.

He said that an Azerbaijani-Armenian settlement could spur travel, trade, investment and economic prosperity in the region. A ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Minsk group, led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, should be convened to renew pressure towards a settlement, Volker believes.


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