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29 September 2009 - 13:16 AMT

Statement by Hillary Clinton on the status quo in Karabakh aimed to calm Baku

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in her recent statement that the status quo in Nagorno-Karabakh does not satisfy Washington, wished to say that it is necessary to continue efforts to resolve the Karabakh problem, Alexander Iskandaryan , Director of the Caucasus Institute told journalists in Yerevan today. 

“Issue of possible signing of the Protocols on the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations caused a nervous reaction either in Armenia or in Turkey and Azerbaijan. By that statement, Clinton wanted to calm Azerbaijanis, stressing that Washington will make efforts to resolve the conflict “, the political scientist said. 

Commenting on the statements by the Turkish prime minister that Ankara would take into account the opinions of Baku, Alexander Iskandaryan noted, that Turkish politicians are forced to work for several audiences. “Erdogan is not the prophet Moses and his words shouldn’t be treated as the Bible,” the political analyst said.