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Hillary Clinton condemns latest incidents in contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops - VIDEO - UPDATED

Hillary Clinton condemns latest incidents in contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops - <font color=red>VIDEO - UPDATED</font>

06 June 2012 15:50 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Victoria Dementieva â€“ APA. The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the latest incidents occurred in the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops. APA reports that the Secretary of State announced her position at the joint briefing with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.

Elmar Mammadyarov noted that the US and Azerbaijan could create close relations in various spheres during these years. He noted the effectiveness of the Secretary Clintonâ€™s visit and underlined that Nagorno Karabakh conflict was one of the main topics of the discussions: â€œSeveral ideas were voiced to achieve progress towards the conflictâ€™s settlement. The next round of the negotiations on the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be held in Paris on June 18. Afghanistan and regional issues were also discussed at the meeting. Azerbaijan feels the US support.â€

In her speech, Secretary Clinton expressed satisfaction with her visit to Azerbaijan. She said that she discussed the issues of security, energy and democratic reforms at her meeting with the Azerbaijani President. She highly assessed Azerbaijanâ€™s contributions to the peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan and added that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict was also discussed at the meetings.

Clinton condemned the latest incidents occurred in the contact line of the troops: â€œThis violence must be stopped. In my meeting with the Azerbaijani President I said that the US was ready to do best for assisting with the conflictâ€™s settlementâ€.

Commenting the cooperation in energy sphere, Clinton noted that the US supports Azerbaijan in ensuring of energy security. She noted that at the meeting with the President of Azerbaijan today, it is highly appreciated Azerbaijan’s role in the diversification of oil and gas: U.S. support the Azerbaijan’s role in the Southern Corridor project, which will supply energy resources of Azerbaijan to the European market.

About the human rights, Clinton said that US remained committed to the need for the development of civil society and fundamental human rights. She called the government of Azerbaijan to respect the development of freedom of expression and fundamental human rights in the country, at the same to continue works to strengthen the Azerbaijan civil community.

The US Secretary of State said that she had opportunity to discuss the progress in this field with the representative of the Azerbaijan civil community during the visit.