Former Assistant Secretary of US State for European Affairs Stephen Oxman believes that there is a need for international assistance to prevent the increase of terrorism in the Nagorno-Karabakh area.
Speaking to APA’s US correspondent he pointed out that Azerbaijani territory Nagorno-Karabakh which is occupied by Armenians is right now uncontrolled. “Azerbaijani authorities are often stressing that this area is open for free terrorism activity. Baku can raise this issue on international level. Azerbaijan has a special interest in being cooperative with other nations of the international community, because otherwise they risk of getting forgotten about in the bigger constellation of world affairs”.
Former Assistant Secretary believes that “it would be an excellent opportunity for Azerbaijan to cooperate with the international community to control Nagorno-Karabakh area: “Especially taking into consideration that Baku joined all 12 international conventions on counter-terrorism and reinforces regional cooperation on fighting terrorism through signing numerous agreements and participating in the activities of regional organizations such as NATO, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and others. Azerbaijan also was amongst the first countries to offer the United States unconditional support in the war against terrorism, in Afghanistan”.
Speaking about options to provide a control by the international society for Nagorno-Karabakh territory, US analyst brought out three factors. “First of all, it is important that Azerbaijan takes up its own role by continuing the peace talks with Armenia and seeing if some settlement can be reached, and second by actively soliciting the help from the international community so that Azerbaijan is not isolated from the rest of the world. A cooperative spirit should bear fruits”.
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