Baku has expressed its reaction towards the U.S. Republican party`s representative Robert Dold`s comments regarding the separatist regime of the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region.
“Rep. Robert Dold of Illinois has proclaimed separatist regime in Karabakh a U.S. ally just to get elected to the US Congress,” Deputy Head of Azerbaijani Presidential Administration and Director of the Administration`s Foreign Relations Department, Novruz Mammadov tweeted.
The Nagorno-Karabakh region was occupied by the Armenian Armed Forces during the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are currently holding peace negotiations.
Dold, a candidate for the U.S. Congress in Illinois’10th congressional district, had his candidacy for the election in Congress supported by the Armenian National Committee of America.
In return, the U.S. politician expressed support for the separatist regime in Nagorno-Karabakh and recognition of the "Armenian genocide".
The first term of Robert Dold’s membership in the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress ended in 2012. He was the vice-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues.
Baku reacts to U.S. Republican`s support for separatist regime in Karabakh
09 October 2014
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