Senator Davis said Azerbaijan is a strategic partner of the United States in the region and underlined that Azerbaijan has a historical traditions of statehood, though it is a young state.
The citation says that Azerbaijan that regained independence with the collapse of the Soviet Union is the first country to have democratic traditions in the Turkic world and Muslim East and one of the first countries to grant suffrage to women. It is emphasized that the United States and Azerbaijan share common values regarding democracy, human rights and universal freedoms.