Tase: Washington is deeply interested in Karabakh conflict peaceful settlement

Azerbaijan is a strategic partner of the United States in the South Caucasus. Washington understands the importance of resolving the Karabakh conflict not only for Azerbaijan and Armenia, which further can affect the situation in the world.

American expert on transatlantic relations and Azerbaijan, Senior Advisor to the Global Engineering Council of Deans and Governments of various countries in Europe and Latin America Peter Tase said to Trend the recent telephone call of John Bolton, the adviser to the President of the United States on national security issues, to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev shows Washington’s deep interest in a peaceful settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The telephone conversation between Bolton and President Aliyev on January 29 was a great opportunity for both sides to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and resolve a number of security issues in the region and beyond, he added.

The administration of President Donald Trump pays great attention to the situation in the Azerbaijani territories occupied by the Armenian armed forces, he believes. "Such a constant dialogue between the White House and Baku creates the prerequisites for engaging the EU in resolving the conflict."

Speaking about the significance of relations between the United States and Azerbaijan as a whole, Tase stressed that the traditional alliance between Washington and Baku contributes to the stabilization of the situation in the Caucasus region, supporting the sovereignty of Azerbaijan.

“Azerbaijan is a reliable partner of the largest economies in the world. The successful implementation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project and its opening have made Azerbaijan a key ally in the region and a major partner on Eurasian transport routes,” he concluded.

During the conversation between John Bolton and Ilham Aliyev, a number of issues of mutual interest were discussed, including energy security, security cooperation and the negotiation process related to the Armenian-Azerbaijani NagornoKarabakh conflict.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.