SOLVING OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT AND OTHER CONFLICTS REMAIN ON AGENDA
Trend, Azerbaijan
March 14 2014
Baku, Azerbaijan, March 14
By Elchin Mehdiyev – Trend:
The settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and other conflicts
remains on the agenda of the international community, Deputy Foreign
Minister, State Secretary for Strategic Affairs of Romania, Bogdan
Aurescu, told journalists on March 14 during his visit to Baku.
“We don’t want the situation in Crimea to create a ring of frozen
and ongoing conflicts around the Black Sea – such as Crimean
and Transdniestrian conflict, breakaway regions in Georgia
and Nagorno-Karabakh. Therefore the dialogue on this issue and
international attention to these conflicts is very important,”
Aurescu said.
Currently, the situation in the Crimea is very tense, and therefore
the international community is discussing this issue, according to
the deputy minister.
“But it does not mean that other frozen conflicts, including the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have been forgotten. On the contrary,
I believe that the situation in Ukraine will even attract more
international attention to the solution of other conflicts and will
intensify the efforts to settle them,” the state secretary 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 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.
Translated by L.Z.
Edited by C.N.
From: Baghdasarian