Challenges Face Amb. Hoagland as a new Karabakh Peace Negotiator

Washington hopes its newly appointed top negotiators' extensive diplomatic experience will be "critical" in seeking a lasting and peaceful settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, TURAN's US correspondent

was told by a State Department official.

Later last week the U.S. embassies in Armenia and Azerbaijan announced that Ambassador Richard Hoagland will assume the co-chair position for the Minsk Group, on an interim basis starting today. His predecessor,  Amb, Jame ........