YEREVAN. – The recent statements by OSCE Minsk Group US Co-Chair James Warlick and US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar may be against the Russian policy on Ukraine.

Opposition Armenian National Movement (ANM) Board member, former MP Hovhannes Igityan stated the abovementioned at a press conference on Monday.

In Igityan’s words, Morningstar’s statement was about the fact that even though Azerbaijan is an undemocratic country, the US needs to collaborate with it more closely. 

“The ambassador also noted that the US is trying to use the interest gained from Azerbaijan to reduce Europe’s and the civilized world’s dependence on the Russian [natural] gas and oil,” the ANM member specifically said.   

Igityan argued that, in this case, Morningstar’s statement did not place the emphasis on the state of democracy in Azerbaijan, but rather on the fact that the US is doing the utmost so that the Azerbaijani gas and oil become an alternative for Europe to the Russian energy resources.