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US needs single approach to territorial integrity principle - Azerbaijani ambassador

Society Materials 14 April 2015 13:16 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan is very concerned about what happened in Ukraine — a clear case of violating territorial integrity and weakening of state sovereignty, Azerbaijani ambassador to US Elin Suleymanov said in an interview with The Daily Signal.
US needs single approach to territorial integrity principle - Azerbaijani ambassador

Baku, Azerbaijan, April 14

By Anakhanum Khidayatova - Trend:

Azerbaijan is very concerned about what happened in Ukraine - a clear case of violating territorial integrity and weakening of state sovereignty, Azerbaijani ambassador to US Elin Suleymanov said in an interview with The Daily Signal.

"When someone's territorial integrity and sovereignty weakens, be it Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria or Ukraine, there are tragic consequences. People die," he said.

Suleymanov said that the case of Ukraine territorial integrity is not the first case of a former soviet state being violated.

"The first one was Azerbaijan - in 1991 the Republic of Armenia, our neighbor, violated Azerbaijan's territorial integrity," the diplomat said.

Suleymanov said that if the U.S. does not have a committed, strong, unequivocal position on territorial integrity and state sovereignty, those things are bound to repeat themselves.

"The U.S. talks about sanctions on Russia for a violation of territorial integrity of Ukraine, but the U.S. does not impose sanctions on Armenia for violating territorial integrity," the diplomat said. "They actually encourage it."

Suleymanov said that Armenia is one of largest per capita recipients of U.S. aid.

"I feel like Azerbaijan's territorial integrity is less than somebody else's," he said. Let's treat everybody equally."

"I think the U.S. can be a great partner to its friends around the world, and it should stay so, and that takes a commitment to a strategic vision for the future," the diplomat said.

Suleymanov said that Azerbaijan is a partner with the U.S. in counterterrorism.

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