The Nagorno-Karabakh and Kosovo conflicts have nothing in common, Tina Kaidanow, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, stated at her meeting with Arzu Abdulayeva, Chairwoman of the Azerbaijani national office, Helsinki Civil Assembly. According to her, the two conflicts are different and, therefore, the ways of settling them are different as well.

Mrs. Kaidanow held meetings with the heads of various NGOs in Baku, discussed the Armenia-Turkey normalization and Nagorno-Karabakh peace processes, freedom of speech and press in Azerbaijan, youth and refugee problems and other issues.

As part of her regional tour, Tina Kaidanow was on a visit to Armenia on October 20-21. She held meetings with RA President Serzh Sargsyan, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and other officials.