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US AMBASSADOR DID NOT COMMENT ON CLOSING OF RADIO AZADLIG
Turan Information Agency, Azerbaijan
March 11, 2015 Wednesday
Baku / 11.03.15 / Turan: The US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Robert Secuta
called for the release of Dilgam Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev convicted
by the Karabakh separatists on charges of sabotage and espionage.
In an interview with reporters Secuta stressed that a similar appeal
was made by US Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland and the US co-chair
of OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick in Yerevan last month.
According to the Ambassador, the US, along with other co-MG calls
for an early peaceful settlement of the conflict. One of the ways to
resolve the conflict is humanitarian gestures, including the release
of prisoners.
When asked what steps the United States take in connection with the
bad situation of democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan, and in
particular in connection with the closing of the Bureau of Radio
Azadlig, Secuta said that discussions are held with the authorities
on these issues.
"We are currently working on these issues and we should continue to
work in this direction with the government of Azerbaijan," said the
Ambassador, not answering the part of the question about the situation
around Radio Azadlig. -03B-
Turan Information Agency, Azerbaijan
March 11, 2015 Wednesday
Baku / 11.03.15 / Turan: The US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Robert Secuta
called for the release of Dilgam Askerov and Shahbaz Guliyev convicted
by the Karabakh separatists on charges of sabotage and espionage.
In an interview with reporters Secuta stressed that a similar appeal
was made by US Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland and the US co-chair
of OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick in Yerevan last month.
According to the Ambassador, the US, along with other co-MG calls
for an early peaceful settlement of the conflict. One of the ways to
resolve the conflict is humanitarian gestures, including the release
of prisoners.
When asked what steps the United States take in connection with the
bad situation of democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan, and in
particular in connection with the closing of the Bureau of Radio
Azadlig, Secuta said that discussions are held with the authorities
on these issues.
"We are currently working on these issues and we should continue to
work in this direction with the government of Azerbaijan," said the
Ambassador, not answering the part of the question about the situation
around Radio Azadlig. -03B-