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    OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS TO DISCUSS RESOLVING OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT IN FULL STAFF IN MOSCOW

    Trend
    April 21 2010
    Azerbaijan

    Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group in a full staff will discuss
    resolving of Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on
    Thursday, Russia's new co-chairman Igor Popov told media.

    He said that afterwards, we will speak about the results of recent
    negotiations between the parties.

    Russian and U.S co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Igor Popov and
    Robert Bradtke held talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and
    Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku today. Former co-chair Yuri
    Merzlyakov introduced Popov to the Azerbaijani side at the meeting.

    It is expected that French co-chairman Bernard Fassier will join his
    colleagues in Moscow on Thursday.

    Co-Chairs noted that negotiations took place in Baku positively and
    constructively. "As always, I saw the desire of Azerbaijani President
    Ilham Aliyev for a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict. We also attach great importance to the peaceful settlement
    of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict with Secretary of State Hillary
    Clinton and President Barack Obama ", Bradtke said.

    Bradtke said that there are some points in update Madrid principles
    on which the parties must reach an agreement. The co-chairs will
    continue to work on it.

    Popov said that he will try to maintain continuity and justify the
    confidence in his new office. "With the change of the co-chairman
    Russia's position on resolving the conflict will not change, because
    the president determines Russia's position but not the co-chairman,"
    he said. Popov also said that he will visit Armenia soon.

    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.

    Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's resolutions
    on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the occupied
    territories.
    From: Baghdasarian
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