US Tribune Review has published an interview with Azerbaijani ambassador to US Elin Suleymanov.

Quoting Suleymanov, author Salena Zito writes that Azerbaijan has battled Armenia over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh since 1988.

"The United States should have a clear, consistent, forceful condemning of any degree of separatism, extremism, and reject any change of borders by force in the international community,” Suleymanov said.

He said diplomacy is like a personal relationship, and Azerbaijan — long friendly to Washington —counts on American support to restore stability across the region.

"An entire generation has been in exile,” he said — about 600,000 people displaced, according to Amnesty International and the United Nations Refugee Agency.

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In his interview, the ambassador said that Azerbaijan spends its money wisely. "We invest in our neighbors, and we could have invested in Armenia and become a partner with them in the region. Instead, Armenia is an isolated country, which does not have independence as much as our people.”