October 4, 2007 - 19:04 AMT
U.S. hopes for progress in Karabakh process
During a meeting in New York, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns stressed the necessity of progress in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict resolution.

When commenting on the outcomes of the meeting Mr Burns said, "I met with Armenian Foreign Minister not long ago. We will continue these debates and we hope that we will give impetus to progress in the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. We exchanged views on energy issue later on."

"At the meeting with Mr Mammadyarov we spoke about Iran. I informed the Azerbaijani Minister that U.S. will continue to support sanctions against Iran in UN Security Council. We oppose the Iranian government's efforts for arming and financing HAMAS, Hezbollah and other armed groupings in Iraq and Afghanistan," he said, APA reports.