RUSSIAN DEPUTY FM, U.S. AMBASSADOR DISCUSS SITUATION IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
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Feb 7 2012
Azerbaijan
Secretary of State, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin
received U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul at his request on
Feb.6, the Ministry’s website reported.
During the meeting the sides discussed issues on the international
agenda, including the situation in the South Caucasus and Central Asia,
the report said.
Michael McFaul, newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Russia, assumed
his office in January.
The U.S. and Russia are co-chair countries of the OSCE Minsk Group
on resolving Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent 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 the 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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