Armenian circles are highly disturbed because of recent statements of U.S. officials about the settlement process of Nagorno Karabakh conflict which point that resolution should be under the principle of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
Bush Administration officials continued to press forward their new, more aggressive position against freedom for Nagorno Karabakh, citing, as recently as today in Yerevan, that a resolution of this longstanding conflict must proceed from the principle of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, while remaining conspicuously silent on the core American value of self-determination, Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) said in a statement.
As recently, in Armenia, Assistant Secretary of State Dan Fried repeated the newly formulated U.S. stand that a Nagorno Karabakh settlement must start from the principle of "territorial integrity," although he did concede that there were "other established norms," an apparent reference to democracy and self-determination, which he carefully avoided naming.
In a January 19, 2008 statement, Presidential candidate Barack Obama pleged that, if elected, he would work for "a lasting and durable settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict that is agreeable to all parties, and based upon America
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