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STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON JEN PSAKI HOLDS STATE DEPARTMENT REGULAR NEWS BRIEFING
CQ Transcriptions, USA
Feb 23 2015
[parts irrelevant to Armenia are omitted]
Go ahead (inaudible).
QUESTION: Two questions on different topics.
The first one is authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh have refused to
consider the release of two Azerbaijani nationals, Dilgam Askerov and
Shahbaz Quilyev who were convicted last year on charges that include
the murder of a teenager.
But during her recent visit to Bakula (ph), Assistant Secretary Nuland
urged relevant authorities to make a humanitarian gesture concerning
their case.
PSAKI: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: Can you elaborate on what the -- the gesture would be that
the U.S. is seeking and what would justify the move?
PSAKI: Well we've -- we've previously advocated through Ambassador
Warlick and others the release of these two prisoners to the government
of Azerbaijan. We -- she also urged relevant authorities to return
the two prisoners to the government of Azerbaijan.
The sides have generally found a way in the past to return prisoners
as a humanitarian gesture, and such humanitarian gestures have been
shown to reduce tensions and build trust between the sides, so that's
what she was referring to.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
CQ Transcriptions, USA
Feb 23 2015
[parts irrelevant to Armenia are omitted]
Go ahead (inaudible).
QUESTION: Two questions on different topics.
The first one is authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh have refused to
consider the release of two Azerbaijani nationals, Dilgam Askerov and
Shahbaz Quilyev who were convicted last year on charges that include
the murder of a teenager.
But during her recent visit to Bakula (ph), Assistant Secretary Nuland
urged relevant authorities to make a humanitarian gesture concerning
their case.
PSAKI: Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: Can you elaborate on what the -- the gesture would be that
the U.S. is seeking and what would justify the move?
PSAKI: Well we've -- we've previously advocated through Ambassador
Warlick and others the release of these two prisoners to the government
of Azerbaijan. We -- she also urged relevant authorities to return
the two prisoners to the government of Azerbaijan.
The sides have generally found a way in the past to return prisoners
as a humanitarian gesture, and such humanitarian gestures have been
shown to reduce tensions and build trust between the sides, so that's
what she was referring to.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress