US Assistant Secretary of State makes comments on Azerbaijan’s postponement of joint military exercises
US Assistant Secretary of State Philip Crowley answered the question about cancellation or postponement of Azerbaijan-US joint military exercises at a daily press briefing on Wednesday.
14:51 / 24.04.2010 “The United States considers Azerbaijan a valuable partner on a broad range of security issues. As to Azerbaijan’s intentions, we refer those questions to the Azeri Government. On the subject of military exercise, that’s more of a DOD matter. But we will continue to work in the Minsk process along with Russia, France, as the three OSCE co-chairs work with the parties – Armenia and Azerbaijan – to seek a long-term resolution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict”.
Answering the question “Are you concerned about the possibility that Iranian influence in Azerbaijan might have played a role in their decision to postpone this exercise?” Crowley said: “I’ll take the broader question of any concerns that we have about Iranian influence in Azerbaijan. I have no indication that that – that this was anything but a decision by Azerbaijan”.Bu yazı ( 284 ) - dəfə oxunmuşdur
