Morningstar calls Nagorno-Karabakh peace process essential for whole region

Richard Morningstar, a candidate for US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, had discussions at the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the US Senate on Wednesday. He said that the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process is essential for the whole region, AzerTAG reports.

He reminded about the visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Azerbaijan. The human rights was one of the topics she discussed.

Morningstar noted the importance of realization of the South Corridor, TANAP, Shah Deniz project set for mid-2013.

The Senate will give 48 hours for additional questions.

US President Barack Obama proposed Morningstar, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy, to be the US Ambassador in late April. The previous Ambassador Matthew Bryza left office in January 2012, News Azerbaijan reports.

Morningstar graduated at the Harvard University as a bachelor in 1967, Stanford University as a PhD in 1970. He became the special envoy in April 2009. He serviced as the US Ambassador to the EU in 1999-2001, special presidential advisor for energy diplomacy in the Caspian Region in 1998-1999, special advisor of the president and secretary of state for post-Soviet space in 1995-1998.