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  • BAKU: Baku Expects US To Put Pressure On Armenia

    BAKU EXPECTS US TO PUT PRESSURE ON ARMENIA

    ASSA-IRADA, Azerbaijan
    April 27 2006

    Baku, April 26, AssA-Irada
    The Azerbaijani government expects the United States to put pressure on
    Armenia with regard to settling the long-standing dispute over Upper
    (Nagorno) Garabagh, an official has said commenting on President
    Ilham Aliyev's ongoing visit to Washington.

    The visit will give an incentive to the conflict settlement, head of
    the President's Office socio-political department Ali Hasanov said.

    "The US is one of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group dealing with
    the conflict. We therefore not only hope but also expect that jointly
    with the other co-chairs, they will step up pressure on the Armenian
    government this year and give their support to intensifying peace talks
    within international legal norms. At the same time, we are awaiting
    the co-chairmen to urge Armenians to take a constructive position."

    Hasanov said any developments in the South Caucasus, the Caspian and
    Black Sea regions are closely followed both by Azerbaijan and the
    United States, a superpower that has interests throughout the world.

    "We therefore believe that both the Iran issue and other regional
    issues will be tabled by the [US and Azeri] presidents and the two
    will put forth their views," the official added.
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