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IT IS NECESSARY TO AVOID DESTABILIZING ARMS PURCHASES - AMBASSADOR HEFFERN
September 18, 2013 | 12:58
YEREVAN. - The parties to Karabakh conflict must avoid destabilizing
arms purchases, U.S. Ambassador John Heffern said in an interview
with RFE/RL Armenian service.
His comments came in response to a question about media reports
alleging Russia is selling weapons to Azerbaijan.
The U.S. is one of the three co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group to
find the negotiated peaceful settlement to the Karabakh conflict,
he said, adding that his country is a key part of this process.
Ambassador Heffern recalled that during his recent visit to the region
newly appointed U.S. co-chair James Warlick repeated the message
that the three Minsk Group leaders issued many times in public: avoid
destabilizing by arms purchases, refrain from belligerent rhetoric and
look for mutually beneficial means to resolve the conflict peacefully.
"There is no military solution to the conflict," he emphasized.
Asked whether the arms sale was discussed with Russia, Ambassador
Heffern noted: "We talk to them [other co-chairing states Russia
and France] all the time, including about issues on Armenia and
Azerbaijan."
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September 18, 2013 | 12:58
YEREVAN. - The parties to Karabakh conflict must avoid destabilizing
arms purchases, U.S. Ambassador John Heffern said in an interview
with RFE/RL Armenian service.
His comments came in response to a question about media reports
alleging Russia is selling weapons to Azerbaijan.
The U.S. is one of the three co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group to
find the negotiated peaceful settlement to the Karabakh conflict,
he said, adding that his country is a key part of this process.
Ambassador Heffern recalled that during his recent visit to the region
newly appointed U.S. co-chair James Warlick repeated the message
that the three Minsk Group leaders issued many times in public: avoid
destabilizing by arms purchases, refrain from belligerent rhetoric and
look for mutually beneficial means to resolve the conflict peacefully.
"There is no military solution to the conflict," he emphasized.
Asked whether the arms sale was discussed with Russia, Ambassador
Heffern noted: "We talk to them [other co-chairing states Russia
and France] all the time, including about issues on Armenia and
Azerbaijan."
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