FM: KAZAKHSTAN URGES TO ENHANCE INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN RESOLVING NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT

Trend
Dec 6 2011
Azerbaijan

Kazakhstan supports the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group and governments
of Azerbaijan and Armenia to find the peaceful settlement in the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov
said at the OSCE Ministerial Council’s meeting in Vilnius, the
organization’s website reported.

“We pay special emphasis on the need to enhance cooperation of the
participants of negotiations, international institutions and mediators
in the context of transnational threats,” he said.

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