US ambassador to Azerbaijan Robert Cekuta was unaware of the statement by Ambassador James Warlick, US Co-Chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, with respect to the supply of weapons from the US to Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Responding to an Azerbaijani journalist’s query on Warlick’s statement regarding the provision of a limited amount of defensive weaponry to Armenia and Azerbaijan, Cekuta noted that he is not familiar with this statement by the OSCE Minsk Group US co-chair.

He added, however, that the US cooperation with Azerbaijan refers to making the Azerbaijani army in line with the NATO forces.

James Warlick had told Interfax news agency that the US supplies limited amount of defensive weapons to both Armenia and Azerbaijan. He had added, however, that the US Congress has a legalized mandate with respect to Azerbaijan, and that this mandate does not permit the US to supply weapons that can be used in the Karabakh conflict, for offensive purposes.