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ELMAR MAMMADYAROV: SECURITY-RELATED COOPERATION BETWEEN AZERBAIJAN AND US WILL FIRST OF ALL DEPEND ON NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 26 2007
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov regarded the changes to
initial 2006 State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
"completely inadmissible fact". He said making any changes to already
published reports is a bad precedent.
"If the US government takes this step today, what can it do tomorrow?
I mean the possible precedent," the minister said.
Noting that bilateral security talks between Azerbaijan and the US
will be restored, Elmar Mammadyarov said such talks should not be
carried out due to the changes to the first variant of the State
Department country report.
"Security-related cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States
will first of all depend on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict. We must be sure of the position of the US before starting
bilateral security talks," he said.
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 26 2007
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov regarded the changes to
initial 2006 State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
"completely inadmissible fact". He said making any changes to already
published reports is a bad precedent.
"If the US government takes this step today, what can it do tomorrow?
I mean the possible precedent," the minister said.
Noting that bilateral security talks between Azerbaijan and the US
will be restored, Elmar Mammadyarov said such talks should not be
carried out due to the changes to the first variant of the State
Department country report.
"Security-related cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States
will first of all depend on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict. We must be sure of the position of the US before starting
bilateral security talks," he said.