US to engage Azeri leadership
By Adam Entous | China Daily | Updated: 2010-06-08 07:47
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates (left) shakes hands with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev in the capital, Baku, on Monday. Carolyn Kaster / Reuters |
BAKU - US President Barack Obama promised in a letter released on Monday to tackle "serious issues" straining relations with Azerbaijan, an important link in Afghan supply lines and energy export routes to the West.
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