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    SERGEY LAVROV: KARABAKH PROBLEM IS NOT AN EASY ONE, BUT ALL PARTIES SEEK FOR FINDING SOLUTION

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    28.01.2010 18:20 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with
    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in London on the sidelines
    of the International Conference on Afghanistan.

    "We dwelled on Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, particularly
    considering that Russia and United states are Co-Chairs of OSCE Minsk
    Group together with France," Russia's top diplomat said, summing up
    the results of the meeting.

    "We shared our assessments on the outcome of Armenian, Russian and
    Azerbaijani Presidents' recent meeting in Sochi. The problem is
    not an easy one, but all parties seek for finding some solution,"
    Mr. Lavrov added.

    Present at the conference is also Armenian FM Edward Nalbandyan.

    However, he is not scheduled to meet with Turkish and Azerbaijani FMs
    or U.S. Secretary of State, according RA MFA Spokesman Tigran Balayan.

    Upon the end of their January 25 meeting in Sochi, Armenian and Azeri
    leaders agreed upon a preamble to a document on the basic principles
    of settling the conflict. The parties are expected to prepare their
    ideas and formulations on disputable issues by the next round of talks.

    The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out in
    1988 as result of the ethnic cleansing the latter launched in the
    final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from
    1991 to 1994. Since the ceasefire in 1994, sealed by Armenia, Nagorno
    Karabakh and Azerbaijan, most of Nagorno Karabakh and several regions
    of Azerbaijan around it (the security zone) remain under the control
    of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks
    mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now.
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