Azerbaijan, Baku, 01 October /corr. Trend A.Gasimova / The conference on Diaspora's role in development of strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and the United States in Washington on 1-2 October is a chance for Azerbaijani Diaspora in the United States to play a more active role in America's democracy on issues that it cares about, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Matthew Bryza, who will arrive in Baku on 1 October told Trend .
"Our broad range of diaspora communites enriches our political life in the United States," he said.
The U.S. First Deputy Secretary of State, John D. Negroponte, arrived in Baku, a source at the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan told Trend on 1 October. The visit will last till 3 October.
Negroponte will discuss in Baku the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, wide spectrum of questions with regards to security, strategy, and also Russian-Georgian conflict.The First Deputy Secretary of State will meet with the representatives of the Government of Azerbaijan and business people of the Republic.