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U.S. AMBASSADOR: RELATIONS BETWEEN AZERBAIJAN AND UNITED STATES ARE NOT SO ROSY
15:25 01/05/2014 Â" IN THE WORLD
Relations between Azerbaijan and the United States are very important
and powerful, but not everything is rosy, stated the U.S.
Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar, as reports the
Azerbaijani news agency "Turan", speaking in Washington on the eve
of the conference entitled "Azerbaijan: Looking into the Future."
According to him, the situation in Ukraine, proves the importance of
resolving the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh, which creates instability
in the region.
"Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan need to undertake concrete
steps to resolve the conflict. This would be impossible without the
full co-operation with Russia. We also support efforts directed to
strengthening confidence-building measures and dialogue between the
peoples of Azerbaijan and Armenia, which may help to prepare the two
nations to reach peace," said Richard Morningstar.
The Ambassador also expressed concern about the arrest of the famous
Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadirov and about the investigation
started against the human rights activist Leyla Yunus and her husband
Arif Yunusov.
"All of them have been active participants in the process of promoting
dialogue and confidence-building measures. The activities of the
Azerbaijani authorities have chilling effect on any contacts that
appear between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. We believe this is wrong,"
he said.
At the briefing held on April 29
(http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2014/04/225362.htm) Jen Psaki the
spokesperson of the State of department called on the Azerbaijani
authorities to respect the free and pluralistic media. Touching upon
the case of Avaz Zeynalli, the editor of the Azerbaijani independent
paper Khural Psaki noted that Zeynalli's reporting exposed corruption
within the government and human rights and media freedom. She called
on the authorities to release the journalist. Committee to Protect
Journalists spoke in defense of the journalist too.
Source: Panorama.am
15:25 01/05/2014 Â" IN THE WORLD
Relations between Azerbaijan and the United States are very important
and powerful, but not everything is rosy, stated the U.S.
Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar, as reports the
Azerbaijani news agency "Turan", speaking in Washington on the eve
of the conference entitled "Azerbaijan: Looking into the Future."
According to him, the situation in Ukraine, proves the importance of
resolving the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh, which creates instability
in the region.
"Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan need to undertake concrete
steps to resolve the conflict. This would be impossible without the
full co-operation with Russia. We also support efforts directed to
strengthening confidence-building measures and dialogue between the
peoples of Azerbaijan and Armenia, which may help to prepare the two
nations to reach peace," said Richard Morningstar.
The Ambassador also expressed concern about the arrest of the famous
Azerbaijani journalist Rauf Mirkadirov and about the investigation
started against the human rights activist Leyla Yunus and her husband
Arif Yunusov.
"All of them have been active participants in the process of promoting
dialogue and confidence-building measures. The activities of the
Azerbaijani authorities have chilling effect on any contacts that
appear between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. We believe this is wrong,"
he said.
At the briefing held on April 29
(http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2014/04/225362.htm) Jen Psaki the
spokesperson of the State of department called on the Azerbaijani
authorities to respect the free and pluralistic media. Touching upon
the case of Avaz Zeynalli, the editor of the Azerbaijani independent
paper Khural Psaki noted that Zeynalli's reporting exposed corruption
within the government and human rights and media freedom. She called
on the authorities to release the journalist. Committee to Protect
Journalists spoke in defense of the journalist too.
Source: Panorama.am