U.S. has big plans for South Caucasus

PanARMENIAN.Net - The United States will continue working through the OSCE Minsk Group to achieve a peaceful agreement on Nagorno Karabakh.

The statement came from Justin Friedman, Director of the Office of Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts at the US Department of State. He was speaking at a conference dedicated to 20 years of independence in the South Caucasus, which was held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.

Friedman stated that the USA will continue supporting the reconciliation process between Armenia and Turkey, and Georgia’s sovereignty. “The U.S. administration has pursued advancing sovereignty of all three countries in the South Caucasus so that they can pursue five interlocking goals: live in peace, integrate into geopolitical and economic groupings of their own choosing, develop their economic potential, build the infrastructure of democratic governance, and protect the freedom and personal liberties of their citizens,” Friedman noted.