US against use of weapons of mass destruction - ambassador

  11 May 2016    Read: 1100
US against use of weapons of mass destruction - ambassador
The United States urges the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to return to the negotiating table for a comprehensive peace agreement, US ambassador to Azerbaijan Robert Cekuta told reporters in Baku May 11.
The US and other countries are concerned over the current situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the ambassador said, noting that there is no military solution to the conflict.

Cekuta stressed that the Minsk Group co-chairing countries are making every effort to involve the parties in negotiations towards a comprehensive peace agreement.

The ambassador called on the parties to abide by the ceasefire regime and begin working on a comprehensive peace agreement.

Robert Cekuta also commented on Armenia’s use of phosphorous bombs and Yerevan’s statement on the creation of nuclear weapons.

`The US stands against the proliferation and use of the weapons of mass destruction. Moreover, President Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargysan attended the US Nuclear Summit on March 31- April 1. The prevention of nuclear weapons was President Barack Obama’s main highlight in this summit. Our position in the summit shows our opposition to the use of nuclear weapons. It is our official stance`.

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