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    CONTINUITY RETAINED IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT REGULATION: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY

    Trend
    March 6 2009
    Azerbaijan

    The Russian Foreign Ministry says the continuity in the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution has been retained.

    "The continuity of the negotiation process on the Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict has been retained, despite the political situation during the
    presidential elections in both Armenia and Azerbaijan," the Russian
    Foreign Ministry 2008- report, which was placed in Ministry's Web
    site, says.

    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 7 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.

    For the first time during the e-period international mediators -
    OSCE MG co-chairs on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution (Russia,
    the U.S. and France), got an opportunity to continue consultations
    with the countries in the region and abroad, the report says.

    During the meetings international mediators sought to secure continuity
    of direct contacts between the sides to agree basic principles of
    regulation. Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia have met twice in
    St.Petersburg on June 6 and Moscow Nov. 2.

    The repeated meetings of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with the
    Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict have provided a leading role to Russia on the resolution of
    the conflict.

    A trilateral declaration aimed to reach a peaceful regulation to the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through political means has been achieved
    as a result of meetings with attendance of Russian president. This is
    the first document on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that was signed
    by Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, the reports says.
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