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    USA READY TO HELP ON KARABAKH

    news.az
    Nov 16 2009
    Azerbaijan

    Ross Wilson The USA is hoping for rapid progress in the settlement of
    the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the former US ambassador to Azerbaijan
    and Turkey, Ross Wilson, told APA news agency's correspondent in
    Washington.

    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.

    The former ambassador believes any contact and dialogue among the
    parties is a good thing, so "the more of that the better".

    Wilson said that while Azerbaijan has made critical contributions to
    international security efforts, the country has security concerns
    closer to home: "The 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 the accords to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations,
    Wilson said that this was not an initiative by the United States and
    was initiated just by Turkey and Armenia.

    "We saw during the war in Georgia in August 2008 that negative things
    happen in the region. And a normal relationship with Turkey would
    really be a historic development that would benefit not only the people
    of both countries today, but the whole region. And so we actually do
    think that there is a historic opportunity in the region," Wilson said.
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