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Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov and Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns discuss problem of Iran

04 October 2007 11:16 (UTC +04:00)

Closed meeting lasted half an hour. OSCE Minsk Group co-chair Matthew Bryza also participated in the meeting.
Nicholas Burns stressed necessity of touching on achieving progress in Nagorno Karabakh conflict in the debates.
â€œI met with Armenian Foreign Minister not long ago. We will continue these debates and we hope that we will give impetus on achieving progress in the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict. We exchanged views on energy issue later on. Americans regard Azerbaijan one of the main regions of the world as a transit country. We will do our best for Azerbaijan for achieving success in this sector. Azerbaijan has rare geographical position in uniting Central Asia and Caucasus to Europe. Project envisaging transportation of Azerbaijani gas to Europe is of great importance. US government is against the domination of one country in gas insurance of Europe, we want to see variety in this field. We are planning to carry out high-level debates with Azerbaijani government regarding these issues,â€ he said.
Nicholas Burns stated that he touched on problem of Iran in his meeting with Elmar Mammadyarov.
â€œWe also spoke about Iran in the meeting. I informed the minister that US will continue to support sanctions against Iran in UN Security Council. We are against Iranian governmentâ€™s efforts in armament and financing â€œHAMASâ€, â€œHizbullahâ€ and so on,â€ he said. /APA/