Positions of Washington and Baku on democratic institutions development in Azerbaijan coincide completely. Such a statement was made on 9 August by the head of the information and press department of the Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry (FM) Tair Tagizade at the news conference on the results of the visit to Washington of the Azerbaijan’s FM head Elmar Mammedyarov, Trend reports.
В"Washington fully supports the policy of the Azerbaijan’s leadership in the field of the country’s democracy development, in holding open and fair elections”, the FM spokesman noted.
Таgizade reported, during Mamedyarov’s visit to Washington the key attention was focused on the discussion of the issues of the strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and Washington. Exchange of opinions also took place in regard of Azerbaijan’s integration into the European structures, settlement of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, terrorism fighting, democratic transformations in the county.
Touching upon the issue of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement Tagizade noted, the US leadership, the State Secretary Condoleezza Reis particularly, spoke for the continuation of peaceful talks on the conflict settlement.
В"The White House attaches an important significance to top level talks, in particular, to the forthcoming meeting of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Kazan”, head of the FM department noted.
Tagizade also underlined, during the visit stationing of the US military bases in Azerbaijan was not discussed too.
In conclusion Tagizade touched upon the preparation of Ilham Aliyev’s visit to the USA. He noted, the issue was not discussed during Mamedyarov’s visit to Washington.
В"The Embassy of Azerbaijan carries out an active work on preparation the visit. However, the date is not specified yet”, the FM’ spokesman noted, indicating the issue will be coordinated with the American side.