Aliyev told Blinken about the threat to US-Azerbaijan relations

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said recent US actions to support Armenia have jeopardized US-Azerbaijani ties.

As “European Truth” writes, this is reported Reuters with reference to data from official Baku.

Aliyev expressed a corresponding opinion in a recent telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

According to him, “the latest statements and actions of the United States have caused serious damage to Azerbaijani-American relations.”

A statement following the conversation said Baku took into account Assistant Secretary of State James O’Brien’s comments during congressional hearings that after the Azerbaijani operation in Nagorno-Karabakh, “there is no chance that things will go back to business as usual with Azerbaijan.” .

It is also said that Aliyev and Blinken agreed, in the interests of normalizing relations, that O’Brien would visit Baku and Washington would lift the ban on Azerbaijani senior officials visiting the US.

The day before, Blinken spoke with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Aliyev. The State Department noted that Blinken discussed with both leaders possibility of a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia has continued for decades. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, they fought over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which was predominantly populated by Armenians and, according to international law, belongs to Azerbaijan.

In September, Azerbaijan regained control of Nagorno-Karabakh in a one-day military operation. After her from the region more than 100 thousand ethnic Armenians leftalmost its entire population.

Years of mediation by the EU, the US 1 Russia failed to force Armenia and Azerbaijan to sign a peace agreement. Both have failed to agree on the demarcation of a common border, where border clashes often occur.

Azerbaijan, which has close ties with Turkey, has repeatedly rejected peace talks mediated by the US and EU in recent months. accused in pro-Armenian bias.

At the same time, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that hopes to reach a peace agreement with Azerbaijan in the coming months and establish diplomatic relations with the country.

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