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    US considers Azerbaijan strategic ally

    AzerNews
    3 June 04

    Azerbaijani Defense Minister, Colonel-General Safar Abiyev received
    a US delegation headed by Kurt Weldon, Chairman of the US Congress
    Armed Services Committee, on Wednesday.

    Recalling that President Aliyev presented the NATO-Azerbaijan
    cooperation plan to the NATO Secretary General in Brussels last week,
    Abiyev said the President had reaffirmed Azerbaijan's commitment to
    cooperate with the US to fight international terrorism. Touching
    upon the Upper Garabagh conflict, General Abiyev emphasized that
    Armenia had ignored the UN Security Council's four resolutions on an
    unconditional withdrawal of Armenian military forces from the occupied
    lands of Azerbaijan and the international community had not recognized
    Armenia as an aggressor.

    Weldon said he had come to Baku to hold talks on expanding the military
    cooperation between the US and Azerbaijan. He said that during a
    recent visit to Moscow, he reminded Russian officials of Azerbaijan's
    tremendous role in security issues. "The US will continue relations
    with Azerbaijan as its strategic ally", he said. With regard to the
    Upper Garabagh conflict, Weldon said he supports the stepping up of
    the efforts of his country in this respect. Several members of the US
    Congress attending the meeting expressed their appreciation to the
    Azerbaijani side for supporting the US in combating international
    terrorism and confidence that an extensive cooperation with the US
    is in store for Azerbaijan.
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