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- 22 April, 2017
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Baku. 22 April. REPORT.AZ/ The United States has confirmed it will be going through with a migrant resettlement plan made with Australia.
Report informs referring to BBC, US Vice-President Mike Pence said at joint press conference with Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull.
The agreement would be honored, but not necessarily admired, Vice-President Mike Pence said.
"We will honor this agreement out of respect to this enormously important alliance," he clarified pointing out Australia.
According to agreement, US would resettle up to 1 250 asylum seekers. In turn, Australia will resettle refugees from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
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