ARMENIA WARY OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH DEAL
United Press International
Oct. 6, 2009 at 2:55 PM
NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (UPI) — Armenian and Azeri leaders are far from
signing off on any negotiated settlement to the simmering dispute
over Nagorno-Karabakh, officials say.
War broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the 1990s due in
part to ethnic and territorial disputes over Nagorno-Karabakh. The
fallout from the conflict complicates regional relations despite a
1994 cease-fire.
Yerevan claims ethnic Armenians are deprived of their basic rights
in the territory, while Baku argues those solutions lie in annexing
Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told reporters that he did not
expect to sign on to any settlement over Nagorno-Karabakh when they
meet in Moldova on Thursday, reports Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
The so-called Minsk Group from the Organization for Security and
Cooperation has called on both sides to move toward sanctioning a
settlement on the issue.
Sargsyan, who is in the United States to meet with the Armenian
diaspora, said, however, that both sides were "quite far" from
a settlement.
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