U.S. Administration does not recognize entity named Nagorno-Karabakh - UPDATE

The U.S. Administration does not recognize the structure named Nagorno-Karabakh, the United States Department of State's response to the note of Azerbaijan says, press secretary of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elkhan Polukhov said.

According to him, the Department of State's response was received by the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the United States on Jan. 26.

U.S. reiterates that Washington is committed to the principles of openly and transparently informing Azerbaijan of U.S. projects realized in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Jan. 28
16:11

The US State Department responded the note of protest sent by Azerbaijan, Public Relations Officer of US Embassy in Azerbaijan Terry Davidson said.

He said the State Department sent its response to the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the United States.

"You can learn details from the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington or from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elkhan Polukhov said that the Ministry had not received yet the State Department’s response.

Polukhov said he was unaware of the US State Department’s response to the note of December 17.

“If the response is sent to the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington indeed, most probably it will reach the Ministry of Foreign Affairs next week. Everything depends on the diplomatic postal service”.

Azerbaijani Ambassador to the United States Yashar Aliyev submitted a note to the US State Department on December 17 in a protest against the US Congress decision about financial assistance to Nagorno-Karabakh separatist regime.

The State Department said it would respond the note soon, but was forced to delay it due weather conditions, Christmas and New Year holidays.

/APA/