The US envoy in Baku has responded to an appeal to President Obama about Nagorno-Karabakh from more than 1,000 Azerbaijani women.
At the initiative of the Karabakh Liberation Organization's women's council, the appeal was sent to the UN secretary general and the presidents of France, Russia and the USA. Those three countries co-chair the OSCE Minsk Group, the international body mediating a solution to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Ambassador Matthew Bryza set out the US position on the conflict in his letter to the chairwoman of the women's council, Farida Asgarova, the Karabakh Liberation Organization press service reported.
"The peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is a priority for President Obama and Secretary Clinton. Therefore it is a priority for me, as the US ambassador to Azerbaijan," Bryza said.
He noted in his letter that only a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict could ensure the development of Azerbaijan and stability in the whole South Caucasus: "As the ambassador, I will do my best to support the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and the conflict parties to prevent hostilities from flaring up and to achieve a fair, peaceful and long-term solution to the conflict through negotiations."
The Karabakh Liberation Organization's women's council thanked the ambassador for his quick response and hoped to receive replies from the UN representation, Russian and French embassies.
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