It can only be hoped that this occasion will mark the beginning of what Bogart once called "a beautiful friendship" -- replete with more active U.S. leadership in ending the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, alleviating its counterproductive repercussions for relations between this country and Azerbaijan and introducing a new, and far more engaged, American policy in the region.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

And what is important about this policy is that it does apply to every country in the region.

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