"It is important that Azerbaijan and Armenia continue working through the OSCE Minsk Group to find solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. As a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, the U.S. will work with other co-chairs, Azerbaijan and Armenia in this regard," U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar said in Baku on Monday.
TREND says that answering the question on Ramil Safarov's pardon, Morningstar said he stands behind the statements of the US Department of State. "My concern is that it does not contribute to decreasing the tension in the region," Richard Morningstar said. "We hope that we can continue the constructive process on Nagorno-Karabakh," he added.
To recall, on Aug 31 the Azeri officer sentenced by a Hungarian court to life in jail for killing sleeping Armenian officer Gourgen Margaryan with an axe in Budapest in 2004, was extradited to Azerbaijan. The same day Azeri President Ilham Aliyev decreed to pardon the criminal and advance in the rank. For this reason, Armenia suspended the diplomatic relations with Hungary.
U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan: It is important that Azerbaijan and Armenia continue working through OSCE Minsk Group to find solution to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
