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U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT KARABAKH EVENT
Panorama
June 30 2010
Armenia
At U.S. State Department briefing a reporter referred to Karabakh
bloddy events of June 18 underscroing that Azerbaijan add another half
a billion to its military budget. "How concerned are you about those
developments, and are you following up with Azerbaijani Government? Is
that going to be a subject of conversations in Baku?"
Assistant Secretary Gordon said they're concerned any time violence
takes place anywhere. "And certainly, as I just noted, nobody can take
stability for granted when you have an armed standoff and disagreements
like we have here, which underscores again why we are so committed to
the Minsk Group process and the need for diplomacy. And that is the
purpose of the Secretary's -- one of the purposes of the Secretary's
trip to talk to both parties about how to move that process forward."
The reporter asked if the situation is getting worse than it used to
be or it is the same or there is any change to the status quo there.
Mr. Gordon said the situation has been stuck for a lot longer than
we would want it to be, and any time there's an uptick in violence
to any degree, it's something that they're very concerned about.
Another question was asked if there was a proposal of the Armenian
President Serzh Sargsian to Azerbaijani side to sign an agreement of
not using force. What's the position of the United States Government
regarding this, and is Secretary Clinton supposed to discuss this
topic?
Assistant Secretary said both sides have made clear their commitment
to the Helsinki Principles, the first of which is non-use of force
or threat of force. We'll look to them to reiterate their commitment
to all of the Helsinki Principles as part of this process.
To the next question "the joint statement also calls - actually
mentions the withdrawal of Armenian forces from the regions around
Nagorno-Karabakh. Is it something - is it the message that Secretary
Clinton will take to Yerevan when she talks to President Sargsian?"
Mr. Gordon said: "I think all of the principles that the presidents
noted in their statement in Toronto - all of them together are very
important to us and we would like to see movement on all of them and
commitment to all of them."
From: A. Papazian
Panorama
June 30 2010
Armenia
At U.S. State Department briefing a reporter referred to Karabakh
bloddy events of June 18 underscroing that Azerbaijan add another half
a billion to its military budget. "How concerned are you about those
developments, and are you following up with Azerbaijani Government? Is
that going to be a subject of conversations in Baku?"
Assistant Secretary Gordon said they're concerned any time violence
takes place anywhere. "And certainly, as I just noted, nobody can take
stability for granted when you have an armed standoff and disagreements
like we have here, which underscores again why we are so committed to
the Minsk Group process and the need for diplomacy. And that is the
purpose of the Secretary's -- one of the purposes of the Secretary's
trip to talk to both parties about how to move that process forward."
The reporter asked if the situation is getting worse than it used to
be or it is the same or there is any change to the status quo there.
Mr. Gordon said the situation has been stuck for a lot longer than
we would want it to be, and any time there's an uptick in violence
to any degree, it's something that they're very concerned about.
Another question was asked if there was a proposal of the Armenian
President Serzh Sargsian to Azerbaijani side to sign an agreement of
not using force. What's the position of the United States Government
regarding this, and is Secretary Clinton supposed to discuss this
topic?
Assistant Secretary said both sides have made clear their commitment
to the Helsinki Principles, the first of which is non-use of force
or threat of force. We'll look to them to reiterate their commitment
to all of the Helsinki Principles as part of this process.
To the next question "the joint statement also calls - actually
mentions the withdrawal of Armenian forces from the regions around
Nagorno-Karabakh. Is it something - is it the message that Secretary
Clinton will take to Yerevan when she talks to President Sargsian?"
Mr. Gordon said: "I think all of the principles that the presidents
noted in their statement in Toronto - all of them together are very
important to us and we would like to see movement on all of them and
commitment to all of them."
From: A. Papazian