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Nagorno-Karabakh conflict not discussed at Putin-Pashinyan meeting – Kremlin
ST. PETERSBURG June 7
HIGHLIGHT: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan did not discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at their meeting on June 6, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 7. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan did not discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at their meeting on June 6, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
“The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was not discussed. Yesterday, the parties had a detailed and substantive conversation on bilateral relations and various aspects of trade and economic cooperation,” Peskov said.
The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh broke out in February 1988, when the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region declared withdrawal from the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic. During the 1992-1993 armed conflict Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and seven neighboring regions.
Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been going on since 1992. Russia, the US and France are co-chairs of the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) that acts as a mediator in resolving the crisis.
An agreement on a ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone was reached between Baku and Yerevan on May 12, 1994.
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