Ambassador: Neither U.S., nor other state recognized independence of Nagorno-Karabakh

U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza underscored neither the U.S., nor other state recognized the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. The U.S. policy towards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan and Armenia stayed the same, Bryza told journalists on Saturday.

Speaking about California Senate Environmental Quality Committee chairman, Senator Joseph Simitian's visit to Nagorno-Karabakh, Bryza said generally he planned to visit Azerbaijan, Armenia and go home. Perhaps he changed his mind after he left Baku, Bryza said.

He said Senator Simitian had a very productive visit to Azerbaijan.

"During his visit, the possibility of his visiting to Nagorno-Karabakh never came up and nobody said anything about that. I never heard him mentioning about his possible travel to Nagorno-Karabakh. He did not asked my opinion."

Earlier, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has included Simitian into the "black list" , as he illegally visited the occupied territories of Azerbaijan without permission from Azerbaijan's appropriate agencies.

Simitian visited Nagorno-Karabakh, met with representatives of the separatist regime, the Armenian media reported.


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