Today.Az » Politics » We want to see Azerbaijan and Armenia living side-by-side in a peace: former U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan
16 November 2009 [13:31] - Today.Az
Former U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan says the U.S. wants to see Azerbaijan and Armenia living side-by-side in a peace that fosters mutual prosperity.
“The United States hopes for quick progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement,” former U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan and Turkey Ross Wilson said.
Wilson said the United States stands ready to help in any way that it can.
"Washington is certainly very much focused on it and engaged in it."
"There are some basic understandings of the basic principles that would be necessary to resolve this conflict, and I believe all of the parties would benefit if there were a resolution of the conflict," he said.
Former ambassador believes any contact and dialog among the parties is a good thing, so the more of that the better".
Wilson mentioned that while Azerbaijan has made critical contributions to international security efforts, the country has security concerns closer to home.
"Key to long-term stability in the region is achieving a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. We want to see Azerbaijan and Armenia living side-by-side in a peace that fosters mutual prosperity”.
Speaking about Turkish-Armenian normalization deal, former ambassador stressed that it was not an initiative by the United States and it was initiated just by Turkey and Armenia.
"We saw during the war in Georgia in August 2008 that which negative things happens in the region. And a normal relationship with Turkey would really be a historic development that would benefit not only people of both countries today, but whole region. And so we actually do think that there is a historic opportunity in the region," Wilson said.
/APA/
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