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Fri, 12/18/2009 - 19:03
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AZERBAIJAN SENDS NOTE TO USA
Baku, 18 December (AzerTAc). Azerbaijan`s Foreign Ministry has sent a note to the Government of the United States of America in a protest to the Congress` decision to allocate $8 million in a financial aid to Nagorno-Karabakh in 2010.
The document was handed over to the US Department of State`s officials by Azeri Ambassador in Washington Yashar Aliyev.
The note expresses Azerbaijan`s “deep concern” over the case.
“Azerbaijan`s Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding regions have still been under Armenian occupation. The US Government`s conducting any activities - without official Baku`s consent - in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan`s territories occupied by Armenia, contradicts the United States` official statements in which the country voiced support for Azerbaijan`s internationally recognized sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the document underlines.
“This will be considered as support of the US Government for the Armenian separatist regime in Azerbaijan`s occupied territories and will lead to the continuation of occupation.”
“The move will have a negative impact on efforts to solve the conflict and undermine the USA`s reputation of a just and objective mediator as a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group,” the note concludes.
The US Department of State vowed to respond to the note shortly.
The document was handed over to the US Department of State`s officials by Azeri Ambassador in Washington Yashar Aliyev.
The note expresses Azerbaijan`s “deep concern” over the case.
“Azerbaijan`s Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding regions have still been under Armenian occupation. The US Government`s conducting any activities - without official Baku`s consent - in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan`s territories occupied by Armenia, contradicts the United States` official statements in which the country voiced support for Azerbaijan`s internationally recognized sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the document underlines.
“This will be considered as support of the US Government for the Armenian separatist regime in Azerbaijan`s occupied territories and will lead to the continuation of occupation.”
“The move will have a negative impact on efforts to solve the conflict and undermine the USA`s reputation of a just and objective mediator as a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group,” the note concludes.
The US Department of State vowed to respond to the note shortly.
