AzerNews, Azerbaijan
May 21 2013

Azerbaijan, NATO enjoy good relations – Romanian top official

21 MAY 2013, 11:20 (GMT+05:00)

Azerbaijan and NATO are enjoying good relations in different fields,
particularly in the field of security, Julian Kifu, the Romanian
presidential advisor on strategic issues, security and foreign policy,
told journalists.

“Azerbaijan is NATO`s partner in transportation of military equipments
to Afghanistan. Azerbaijan is also enjoying cooperation with the
European Union (EU), with the Eastern Partnership Program to be
especially underlined,” he said.

Touching upon the frozen conflicts, Kifu said that mechanisms should
be determined to struggle with this problem.

“In this field, NATO and the EU offer mechanisms for Azerbaijan.
Separatist forces exist in the region. Settlement of the
Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is difficult, but there
are still opportunities to come agreement between the parties,” he
added.

Azerbaijan and Armenia for over two decades have been locked in
conflict, which emerged over Armenian territorial claims. Since a
lengthy war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied
over 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized territory,
including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions. The UN Security
Council has adopted four resolutions on Armenia’s withdrawal from the
Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been enforced to this day.

A precarious cease-fire was signed in 1994. However, units of the
Armenian armed forces commit armistice breaches on the frontline
almost every day.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress