Town Hall
Aug 10 2014
Putin meets with Armenia and Azerbaijan heads
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding a joint
meeting with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia, as concerns mount
over the escalation of fighting over the South Caucasus region
Nagorno-Karabakh.
Putin met Sunday with Armenian President Serge Sarkisian and
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev in Sochi to discuss rising tensions
in the disputed territory, where 19 soldiers were killed in the past
week.
Nagorno-Karabakh is a part of Azerbaijan but the region and some
surrounding territory have been under the control of Armenian soldiers
and local Armenian forces since a 1994 cease-fire ended a separatist
war. Since then, there have been sporadic clashes.
Years of diplomatic efforts under the auspices of the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe have made little visible progress
in resolving the dispute.
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