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    CQ Transcriptions
    May 30, 2014 Friday


    STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON JEN PSAKI HOLDS STATE DEPARTMENT REGULAR
    NEWS BRIEFING

    [parts omitted]

    Let's go to Scott in the back.

    Oh, did you have more on this specific issue?

    OK. Go ahead, Scott.

    QUESTION: Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani President Aliyev has
    said that Armenia's fate will be very dark if it does not withdraw
    from Nagorno-Karabakh, saying that Armenia is led by a criminal,
    corrupt and dictatorial regime.

    Do you have any comment on that and what it means for the resolution
    of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue?

    PSAKI: Well, let me first say that inflammatory rhetoric and
    statements that run counter to our principles raise tensions in the
    region and damage the peace process. As a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk
    Group, we remain committed to helping the parties reach a peaceful
    settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    Joint statements by the Minsk Group presidents and co-chair countries
    from 2009 to 2013 have made clear that a lasting settlement must be
    based on the core principles of the U.N. charter and the Helsinki
    Final Act, particularly with respect to the non-use of force,
    territorial integrity and equal rights of self-determination of
    people.

    So we call on all sides to redouble their efforts at the negotiation
    table and to focus on the benefits that peace would bring to people
    across the region.

    Go ahead.




    From: A. Papazian
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