U.S. First Deputy Secretary of State: U.S. interested in rapid settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 24
The U.S. is interested in rapid settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of the international law and the Helsinki principles, U.S. First Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg said upon arrival in Baku.
"We hope for certain progress in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. We think that both countries are interested in promoting this issue," Steinberg said.
Steinberg left Tbilisi and arrived in Baku. Earlier, he was in Yerevan.
Steinberg is accompanied by Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon during his regional tour.
U.S. senior officials visited Azerbaijan last summer. Then-Pentagon Chief Robert Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Baku.