BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 16
By Leman Zeynalova - Trend:
The normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia will help open communications in the region, US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Azerbaijan Earle Litzenberger said at a briefing, in response to a question from Trend.
“We’re very pleased to see that the process of normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia has begun. I think that process can help not only to open up transportation links, it can also help support normalization between Azerbaijan and Armenia. We have always urged both sides to engage in confidence building measures that will help resolve the issues that still need to be resolved: border demarcation, demining, transportation corridors, missing persons. All of these need to be worked on. We welcome EU’s engagement and we monitor very closely Russia’s engagement. US is always looking for opportunities where we could bring the parties together to play a role to support that. We will support any format that will help resolve the issues and help the parties to move towards peace,” said the ambassador.