AZERBAIJAN AND OSCE MINSK GROUP AGREED THAT CURRENT STATUS QUO CAN NOT CONTINUE
Trend
Sept 23 2011
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov discussed the ways
to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairmen Bernard Fassier , Igor Popov and Robert Bradtke in New
York, Trend special correspondent reported..
The meeting was held as part of Mammadyarov’s participation in the
66th session of the UN General Assembly.
Azerbaijani foreign minister and mediators exchanged views to determine
the next steps in the conflict settlement process.
The sides agreed that the current status quo can not continue.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the U.S. –
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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