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NATO SUPPORTS PEACE SETTLEMENT OF ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI CONFLICT
Trend News Agency
June 16 2008
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, 16 June /Trend News corr S. Agayeva/
NATO supports peace settlement process of Armenian-Azerbaijani
conflict. "NATO supports Minsk Group's efforts to peacefully settle the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict," NATO representative Diego Ruiz-Palmer
said to journalists in Baku on 16 June.
"NATO does not directly participate in the settling, but we watch the
peace process and support OSCE and UN efforts to settle the conflict,"
he said.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began
in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since
1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. In
1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which
time the active hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group ( Russia, France, and the US) are currently holding peaceful
negotiations.
Trend News Agency
June 16 2008
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, 16 June /Trend News corr S. Agayeva/
NATO supports peace settlement process of Armenian-Azerbaijani
conflict. "NATO supports Minsk Group's efforts to peacefully settle the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict," NATO representative Diego Ruiz-Palmer
said to journalists in Baku on 16 June.
"NATO does not directly participate in the settling, but we watch the
peace process and support OSCE and UN efforts to settle the conflict,"
he said.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began
in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since
1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. In
1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which
time the active hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group ( Russia, France, and the US) are currently holding peaceful
negotiations.