Public Relations Officer of the U. S. Embassy in Azerbaijan Terry Davidson, who is visiting Ganja, met with head of the executive power Eldar Azizov and rector of Agriculture Academy Mirdamed Sadigov, APA's west bureau reports. The diplomat visited American corner in Ganja Central Library and Community Information Center. Terry Davidson held a press conference in the center. He said the White House and the Department of State attaches great importance to the partnership with Azerbaijan.
“The US and Azerbaijan are cooperating in three main spheres. One of them is security cooperation. As you know we are living in a very dangerous world. We are trying to make the world less dangerous with cooperation. The second sphere is the cooperation with Azerbaijan in the field of oil and gas. We want Azerbaijan to be a stronger, more independent and sovereign state in the sphere of energy supply and do our best for this. Moreover, we support Azerbaijan in the field of democratization,” he said.
The diplomat said they understand the difficulties, which Azerbaijan has been facing for 20 years.
“The US is also cooperating with the Armenian President and trying to find a peaceful solution to the Nagorno Karabakh problem. As you know, the protocols signed between Turkey and Armenia caused some concern. U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton supported the normalization of the relations between these two countries. We consider that the normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations will not have a negative influence on the region, on the contrary, the normalization of these relations will have an influence on the solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,” he said.
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