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U.S. SHOULD STEP UP ROLE IN SETTLING NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT - U.S. ANALYST
Interfax
Dec 6 2010
Russia
The U.S.' more active role in settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
would dispel Baku's mistrust of U.S. policy in the Caucasus, said
Vladimir Socor, a prominent U.S. political analyst and a senior fellow
of the Jamestown Foundation.
Speaking at the 3rd forum on security in the South Caucasus taking
place in Baku on December 2-3, Socor said Moscow has currently claimed
the leadership in settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
While Azerbaijan is a model for Muslim countries oriented toward
the West, the U.S.' controversial steps toward Baku have worsened
Washington's positions in the region, he said.
The U.S. administration has significantly reduced the number of
institutions and staff dealing with the Caucasus over the past several
years, and the remaining specialists are not enough for resolving
major issues, he said.
The U.S. Congress' refusal to contribute to the financing of the
strategic Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, support for Nagorno-Karabakh's
separatist regime, and Washington's open lobbying of the opening of the
Armenian-Turkish border without solving the root cause of this problem,
i.e. Armenia's occupation of Azerbaijan's territory, have negatively
affected the relationship between the two countries, Socor said.
From: A. Papazian
Interfax
Dec 6 2010
Russia
The U.S.' more active role in settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
would dispel Baku's mistrust of U.S. policy in the Caucasus, said
Vladimir Socor, a prominent U.S. political analyst and a senior fellow
of the Jamestown Foundation.
Speaking at the 3rd forum on security in the South Caucasus taking
place in Baku on December 2-3, Socor said Moscow has currently claimed
the leadership in settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
While Azerbaijan is a model for Muslim countries oriented toward
the West, the U.S.' controversial steps toward Baku have worsened
Washington's positions in the region, he said.
The U.S. administration has significantly reduced the number of
institutions and staff dealing with the Caucasus over the past several
years, and the remaining specialists are not enough for resolving
major issues, he said.
The U.S. Congress' refusal to contribute to the financing of the
strategic Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, support for Nagorno-Karabakh's
separatist regime, and Washington's open lobbying of the opening of the
Armenian-Turkish border without solving the root cause of this problem,
i.e. Armenia's occupation of Azerbaijan's territory, have negatively
affected the relationship between the two countries, Socor said.
From: A. Papazian