The Baku-based Organization for the Liberation of Karabakh addressed a request on 20 August to the U.S. embassy in Azerbaijan to clarify the rationale for the visit on 19 August of a group of congressional staffers to the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). The statement characterized that visit as showing disregard for the constitution, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan. During their visit to Stepanakert, the nine-person delegation met with Ashot Ghoulian, the unrecognized enclave\'s foreign minister, who thanked them for the humanitarian aid Washington has provided and outlined the NKR\'s approach to a negotiated solution to the Karabakh conflict. (Turan)