“We know that some members of Congress are receiving guests from the Nagorno-Karabakh region in Washington, DC. The United States does not recognize the regime in Nagorno-Karabakh, like no other country, including Armenia. The US is supporting the process of the OSCE Minsk Group and will continue to work towards a negotiated settlement, based on the principles of non-force, territorial integrity and the right of peoples of self-determination, which were reflected in the Helsinki Final Act”, the representatives of the State Department said.
The United States continue working to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through negotiations.
They said this to “Trend” in the US State Department, in response to a question about the entry into the United States of a representative of the illegal regime set up in the occupied by Armenian forces Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan - Masis Mayilyan.
“We know that some members of Congress are receiving guests from the Nagorno-Karabakh region in Washington, DC. The United States does not recognize the regime in Nagorno-Karabakh, like no other country, including Armenia. The US is supporting the process of the OSCE Minsk Group and will continue to work towards a negotiated settlement, based on the principles of non-force, territorial integrity and the right of peoples of self-determination, which were reflected in the Helsinki Final Act”, the representatives of the State Department said.
Earlier, the press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan - Leyla Abdullayeva said that the Azerbaijani embassy has sent letters to the speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, as well as to its leadership, along with a number of chairmen of committees.
“Also, our protest was voiced before the US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group. On the issue mentioned above, the Azerbaijani Embassy in the US will send a protest note to the State Department. At the same time, the Foreign Ministry will protest in front of the US Embassy in Baku”, Leyla Abdullayeva said.