Baku. Anakhanum Hidayatova – APA. “The United States considers Azerbaijan an important friend and partner in the region and that means we care deeply about its development,” said U.S. Senator Ben Cardin during the hearings on Azerbaijan at the U.S. Helsinki Commission, APA reports.
“The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a serious obstacle to regional stability, security and prosperity, and certainly is an issue where we want to see progress because the status quo is not sustainable,” he said.
Cardin said that Azerbaijan made a strong statement in support of Ukraine’s territorial integrity by voting with the United States in the UN Security Council.
Speaking about future cooperation, the Senator said that the United States needs a stable and prosperous Azerbaijan.