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US State Department responds Azerbaijanâ€™s note of protest

28 January 2010 11:28 (UTC +04:00)

He said the State Department sent its response to the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the United States. â€œYou can learn details from the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington or from the Ministry of Foreign Affairsâ€.

Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elkhan Polukhov told APA that the Ministry had not received yet the State Departmentâ€™s response. Polukhov said he was unaware of the US State Departmentâ€™s response to the note of December 17. â€œIf the response is sent to the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington indeed, most probably it will reach the Ministry of Foreign Affairs next week. Everything depends on the diplomatic postal serviceâ€.

Azerbaijani Ambassador to the United States Yashar Aliyev submitted a note to the US State Department on December 17 in a protest against the US Congress decision about financial assistance to Nagorno Karabakh separatist regime. The State Department said it would respond the note soon, but was forced to delay it due weather conditions, Christmas and New Year holidays.