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The United States respects Azerbaijan’s sovereign right to raise issues related to Nagorno-Karabakh in regional and international organizations, including the Parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the Department of State told APA on Monday.
The US Department of State made the remarks commenting on the role played by Victoria Nuland, the US assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, with regard to a resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh, which wasn’t passed in PACE.
“The Minsk Group is the negotiation format accepted by the sides and we hope the sides will remain fully committed to working closely with the co-chairs on a negotiated settlement”, said the Department of State
Victoria Nuland played a special role in the non-adoption of the resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh in PACE, pro-Armenian US Congressman Adam Schiff said Feb. 9. “I spoke with the State Department official and one of our ambassadors to the region, raising my concern with this pro-Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani-narrative resolution before the discussion to express my strong opposition. Both Victoria Nuland and the ambassador said they would work against this,” he said.
The draft resolution by Robert Walter on “Escalation of violence inNagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan” was tabled on January 26, during the PACE winter session. The document was rejected by 66 votes to 70, with 45 abstentions.
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