BAKU: Fassier: Hard To Obtain Consent Of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflictin

FASSIER: HARD TO OBTAIN CONSENT OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICTING PARTIES TO ANY PROPOSALS

Trend
Dec 19 2011
Azerbaijan

The negotiating process over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is complex,
since it’s hard to obtain the consent of the conflicting parties to
any proposals of the mediators, the French co-chair of OSCE Minsk
Group on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Bernar Fassier said at his final
press-conference.

Fassier underscored, that if there was no written document in the
negotiation process, then now such document does exist – an updated
version of Madrid principles.

As another positive factor, Fassier named the opportunity for the
mediators to visit the occupied territories.

“Unfortunately, our hopes for the Kazan meeting of Presidents of
Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia in June did not work. But we must
be optimistic, there is hope that there will be progress in the
negotiations,” Fassier added.

French co-chair met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev,
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and chairman of Caucasian Muslims
Sheykhulislam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade during a farewell visit to
the region.

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