Trend, Azerbaijan
May 17 2013
U.S. President, Turkish PM discuss situation in Caucasus region
Azerbaijan, Baku, May 17 / Trend A.Taghiyeva /
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack
Obama discussed the situation in the Caucasus region, the Star
newspaper reported on Friday.
In particular, the sides discussed the situation in the region between
Azerbaijan and Armenia, as well as the situation in Iran, Afghanistan,
African countries and Myanmar.
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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