NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT PAINFUL FOR AZERBAIJAN: U.S. AMBASSADOR
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
May 22 2014
22 May 2014, 18:16 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Fatalities on the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian
troops, after the signing of the ceasefire agreement, disappoint the
United States.
U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan, Richard Morningstar made the remarks
commenting on the attempts by the Armenian sabotage and intelligence
groups to attack one of the posts of the Azerbaijani Army in the
direction of the Fizuli region at night from May 21 to 22.
Noting that any death is a tragedy, Morningstar said this case once
again confirms that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved
peacefully.
He further said the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which emerged in 1988
after Armenia’s territorial claims against Azerbaijan, is a big pain
for Azerbaijan.
“We should do everything possible to resolve the conflict. The
settlement of the conflict peacefully is very important,” Morningstar
stressed.
For over two decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in the
conflict, which impedes the development of the region, as Armenia
continues its policy of aggression.
Since a lengthy war in the early 1990s that displaced over one million
Azerbaijanis, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent
of Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized territory, including
Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions.
Large-scale hostilities ended with a Russia-brokered ceasefire in
1994, but Armenia has continued the occupation in defiance of four
UN Security Council resolutions calling for their immediate and
unconditional withdrawal.
Peace talks mediated by Russia, France, and the U.S. have produced
no results so far.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
