Celeste Wallander, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, who arrived in Armenia yesterday, has visited the Armenian peace-making brigade today, December 3. Journalists were expecting her to make statements on the results of her meetings as well as of her visit to Azerbaijan. After waiting for Ms. Wallander for an hour, the journalists had to retire. “No questions” was the answer.

“No questions” repeated U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch. After a few stock phrases about the U.S.-Armenia cooperation in peace-making operations, Ms. Wallander left.

It is noteworthy that, when on a visit to Baku, the representative of the U.S. Department of Defense, which is known to be fighting for the prosperity of all the nations, stated that the United State is supportive of Azerbaijan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The official Azerbaijani sources reported that the “sides were of the unanimous opinion that the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must first of all be based on the principle of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and inviolability of borders recognized by the world’s states and international law.” After that Ms. Wallander must have been faced with a task of slipping the Armenian journalists to avoid their questions about the Nagorno-Karabakh people’s right to self-determination and security.