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  • U.S. Risks To Loose Key Ally In Caucuasus- Azerbaijani Official

    U.S. RISKS TO LOOSE KEY ALLY IN CAUCUASUS- AZERBAIJANI OFFICIAL

    Yerkir
    22.04.2010 16:04
    Yerevan

    Yerevan (Yerkir) - It is high time for the United States and Europe
    to adopt a fair position and to prevent the narrow interests of
    their Armenian lobbies from prevailing over justice and their own
    national interests, Novruz Mammadov, the head of the Foreign Relations
    Department of the presidential administration of Azerbaijan, has said
    in his commentary published by the RFE/RL.

    "In any event, attempts to pressure Ankara to abandon Azerbaijan
    are shortsighted and likely to backfire. Azerbaijan and Turkey are
    strategic allies with deep historical ties. Turkey has played an
    important role in Azerbaijan's partnership with the West on key
    security and energy projects. Azerbaijan spearheaded the opening of
    Caspian energy resources to the West and insisted that major oil and
    gas pipelines be routed through Georgia and Turkey," he wrote.

    Baku has also wholeheartedly supported U.S. security initiatives
    by sending troops to Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Azerbaijan also
    provides supply-transit support for the NATO effort in Afghanistan.

    Those who know the region understand the significant risks Azerbaijan
    took and the pressure it overcame in order to pursue close cooperation
    with the West on energy and security issues.

    Long-term peace and normalization of relations in the South Caucasus
    cannot be achieved by rewarding aggression and by excluding the
    region's strategically most important country. By pushing Turkey
    to abandon Azerbaijan, the United States risks alienating one of its
    most important and reliable partners in a critical region of the world.
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