Iran Press/Asia: The Note of protest was handed over to US Ambassador Earle Litzenberger.
The protest was expressed in the Note Verbal on the issuing of visa by the United States to the agents of the Nagorno-Karabakh and it was noted that it undermines the peace process on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. AZTV reported.
It was emphasized that allowing the realization of such visits contradicts the commitments of the USA under the mandate of the co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, as well as the principles of respecting the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of internationally recognized borders of States.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs brought to the attention of the US side that it expects that the USA would make a serious contribution to the implementation of the UN Security Council resolutions of 1993 on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict and refrain from any steps that could negatively impact the resolution of the conflict.
Ambassador Litzenberger said that they were aware that some members of Congress hosted visitors from Nagorno-Karabakh and underlined that the United States does not recognize the Nagorno-Karabakh and supports the OSCE Minsk Group process.
Armenia and Azerbaijan thus remain officially at war over Nagorno-Karabakh and the dispute is a major source of tension in the South Caucasus region.
No country - not even Armenia - officially recognizes Karabakh as an independent state.
The mountainous rebel region has been controlled by ethnic Armenians since it broke free of Baku's control after a fierce war in the early 1990s that killed 30,000 people.
Despite facing strong international pressure, the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders have failed to agree on the basic principles of ending the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict put forward by Russia, the United States, and France in 2011.101/205
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