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    AzerNews, Azerbaijan
    March 11 2004

    US happy with relations with Azerbaijan

    On Tuesday, President Ilham Aliyev received Lynn Paskoe, U.S. Deputy
    Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.
    Appreciating the high-level cooperation between Azerbaijan and the
    United States, Aliyev said, "The large projects implemented in
    Azerbaijan and in the region are directly supported by the United
    States.

    If there had been no support from the United States, it would have
    been impossible to realize these projects." Noting that Azerbaijan is
    an ally of the United States in the anti-terror coalition, President
    Aliyev said that Azerbaijan itself had been repeatedly exposed to
    terrorism.

    Stressing the need to solve the most outstanding problems, including
    the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Upper Garabagh to achieve
    long-term and firm peace in the region, Aliyev expressed his hope
    that the United States' stepping up its efforts as a co-chair of the
    OSCE Minsk Group would result in a peaceful resolution of the
    conflict soon. Updating the guest on the grave consequences of the
    conflict, President Aliyev said that more than one million people had
    become refugees and internally displaced persons as a result of the
    conflict.

    US-Azeri relations
    Expressing his adherence to President Aliyev's opinions on the
    Azerbaijani-U.S. high-level cooperation, Paskoe voiced his confidence
    that bilateral relations would continue to develop. Underlining that
    Azerbaijan is the United States' close partner in combating
    terrorism, the U.S. official said cooperation in this direction would
    develop in the future. Highly appreciating the positive changes in
    the South Caucasus region, particularly in Azerbaijan, Paskoe noted
    that these changes are watched with great interest in Washington and
    Europe. Paskoe also stressed that his country intended to cooperate
    closely with Azerbaijan's leadership on political and economic
    issues. Reno Harnish, the U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, and his
    deputy Nancy McEldowney were also present in the meeting.
    From: Baghdasarian
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