Azeri president hopes U.S. will renew effort to settle Karabakh conflict
BAKU. Nov 7 (Interfax) - Azeri President Ilham Aliyev has sent greetings to Barack Obama on his re-election.
"Azerbaijan is linked with the United States with relations of sincere friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation in all spheres. Our cooperation in the work to ensure global energy security, in the fight against international terrorism and in asserting peace and stability in conflict zones has elevated our interstate relations to the level of strategic partnership," Aliyev said.
The Azeri president also said that the two countries' strategic partnership, based on mutual interests and mutual values, will hopefully become broader and stronger, and Azerbaijan and the U.S. will continue their successful cooperation in the spheres of international security, economic development and democratic reform."
"Azerbaijan pins great hopes on the United States' efforts, as a co-chair of the Minsk Group, and on your personal efforts to ensure a peaceful, just and law-based settlement of the Armenian-Azeri conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh that has been festering for over 20 years," he said.
