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MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRMEN DISCUSS NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT WITH FUTURE OSCE CO-CHAIRMAN
Trend E. Tariverdiyeva
Trend
Dec 7 2010
Azerbaijan
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis received
the Co-Chairs of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group from the United States, France and Russia
and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO) on
the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Andrzej Kasprzyk, and discussed with
them the situation in the South Caucasus and in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Robert Bradtke
of the United States, Bernard Fassier of France, and Igor Popov of
Russia, were issued a mandate to spearhead the negotiations towards
a settlement of this conflict.
Minister highlighted to his interlocutors the need to strengthen
the role of the OSCE Secretariat, institutions and missions in the
entire conflict resolution cycle. The participants of the meeting
also discussed the impact that the results of the OSCE Summit of
Heads of State or Government on 1-2 December in Astana may have on
the resolution of protracted conflicts.
The participants also exchanged their ideas on the implementation
of mutual confidence-building measures that could aid the Armenian
and Azerbaijani societies, and discussed future cooperation between
Lithuania's incoming OSCE chairmanship in 2011 in and the Minsk Group.
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 seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the United
States - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding
regions.
From: A. Papazian
Trend E. Tariverdiyeva
Trend
Dec 7 2010
Azerbaijan
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis received
the Co-Chairs of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in
Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group from the United States, France and Russia
and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO) on
the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Andrzej Kasprzyk, and discussed with
them the situation in the South Caucasus and in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Robert Bradtke
of the United States, Bernard Fassier of France, and Igor Popov of
Russia, were issued a mandate to spearhead the negotiations towards
a settlement of this conflict.
Minister highlighted to his interlocutors the need to strengthen
the role of the OSCE Secretariat, institutions and missions in the
entire conflict resolution cycle. The participants of the meeting
also discussed the impact that the results of the OSCE Summit of
Heads of State or Government on 1-2 December in Astana may have on
the resolution of protracted conflicts.
The participants also exchanged their ideas on the implementation
of mutual confidence-building measures that could aid the Armenian
and Azerbaijani societies, and discussed future cooperation between
Lithuania's incoming OSCE chairmanship in 2011 in and the Minsk Group.
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 seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the United
States - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding
regions.
From: A. Papazian