Washington briefing: Coming up: Baku courts Washington

by Emil Sanamyan

Published: Saturday October 31, 2009

Washington - Azerbaijan's deputy foreign minister Araz Azimov, government counsel Malcolm Shaw, and analyst Alexandros Petersen are expected to promote Baku's vision of "the future of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict" during a November 3 off-the-record discussion at the Eurasia Energy Center of the Atlantic Council of the United States (ACUS), a Washington think tank.

An international law professor and expert in state sovereignty issues, Mr. Shaw had in the past served as legal counsel in cases involving the Turkish government at the International Court of Human Rights and the government of Nigeria at the International Court of Justice. Prior to working at ACUS, Mr. Petersen was with Azerbaijan-affiliated Caspian Europe Center in Brussels.