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CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN U.S. AND AZERBAIJAN HAS COOLED IN 2009-2010
20:22 27/03/2013 " REGION
U.S. Congressional Research Service published a report on January 24,
in 2013 called "Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political
Developments and Implications for the U.S. Interests", where the
relations between the U.S. and the EU with Armenia, Azerbaijan and
Georgia were being analyzed, Kavpolit.com reported.
The document states that the U.S. policy towards the South Caucasus
states includes support for the resolution of the problems between
Armenia and Azerbaijan as a result of the Karabakh conflict.
"According to some experts, the relationship between the United States
and Azerbaijan has cooled after the administration (of the USA. -
Ed.) supported the efforts of Armenia and Turkey in 2009-2010 for
improving relations, which Azerbaijan was against, and after the fact
when President Aliyev was not invited to attend the Nuclear Security
Summit in April 2010, in the U.S.," the report said.
Besides, Azerbaijan, probably, was looking for establishing closer
working relationship with Russia after the Russian-Georgian conflict
in August 2008; this shows that Russia remains the major force in this
region. "President Obama in a meeting with President Aliyev September
on 24 September, in 2010, stressed the importance of the US-Azerbaijani
relations. President Obama expressed his appreciation for Azerbaijan's
contribution in the support of the NATO mission in Afghanistan, and
the two presidents pledged to maintain closer bilateral relations",
the report says.
In 2011, according to the report, the US-Azerbaijani relations,
albeit unevenly, improved, perhaps, reflecting the constraints of U.S.
criticism of human rights violations in Azerbaijan. In April 2011,
Azerbaijan canceled his participation in the US-Azerbaijani military
exercises "Regional response" scheduled for May 2011. Thus, the
military exercises in 2010 were canceled, for some reasons which
gave way to various assumptions related to the condition of bilateral
relations, the document says.
"In early 2012, the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan and
other sources reported that the alleged terrorists supported by Iran
planned to attack the U.S. and Israeli embassies, as well as other
structures and their staff in Baku, but the Azerbaijani security
forces took up steps to eliminate the threat," the report says.
According to the document, in April 2012, the Obama administration
"resets" the U.S. - Azerbaijani meeting of the intergovernmental
commission on economic cooperation, the last of which was held in 2008.
Source: Panorama.am
20:22 27/03/2013 " REGION
U.S. Congressional Research Service published a report on January 24,
in 2013 called "Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political
Developments and Implications for the U.S. Interests", where the
relations between the U.S. and the EU with Armenia, Azerbaijan and
Georgia were being analyzed, Kavpolit.com reported.
The document states that the U.S. policy towards the South Caucasus
states includes support for the resolution of the problems between
Armenia and Azerbaijan as a result of the Karabakh conflict.
"According to some experts, the relationship between the United States
and Azerbaijan has cooled after the administration (of the USA. -
Ed.) supported the efforts of Armenia and Turkey in 2009-2010 for
improving relations, which Azerbaijan was against, and after the fact
when President Aliyev was not invited to attend the Nuclear Security
Summit in April 2010, in the U.S.," the report said.
Besides, Azerbaijan, probably, was looking for establishing closer
working relationship with Russia after the Russian-Georgian conflict
in August 2008; this shows that Russia remains the major force in this
region. "President Obama in a meeting with President Aliyev September
on 24 September, in 2010, stressed the importance of the US-Azerbaijani
relations. President Obama expressed his appreciation for Azerbaijan's
contribution in the support of the NATO mission in Afghanistan, and
the two presidents pledged to maintain closer bilateral relations",
the report says.
In 2011, according to the report, the US-Azerbaijani relations,
albeit unevenly, improved, perhaps, reflecting the constraints of U.S.
criticism of human rights violations in Azerbaijan. In April 2011,
Azerbaijan canceled his participation in the US-Azerbaijani military
exercises "Regional response" scheduled for May 2011. Thus, the
military exercises in 2010 were canceled, for some reasons which
gave way to various assumptions related to the condition of bilateral
relations, the document says.
"In early 2012, the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan and
other sources reported that the alleged terrorists supported by Iran
planned to attack the U.S. and Israeli embassies, as well as other
structures and their staff in Baku, but the Azerbaijani security
forces took up steps to eliminate the threat," the report says.
According to the document, in April 2012, the Obama administration
"resets" the U.S. - Azerbaijani meeting of the intergovernmental
commission on economic cooperation, the last of which was held in 2008.
Source: Panorama.am