OSCE CHAIRMAN’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE VISITS NAGORNO-KARABAKH
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June 7 2012
Azerbaijan
Personal representative of the OSCE chairman, Ambassador Andrzej
Kasprzyk visited Nagorno-Karabakh on June 6, Panorama.am. reported.
Kasprzyk met with representatives of the separatists in Khankandi.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven 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 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.
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