TURKISH FM WILL MEET WITH AZERBAIJANI, ARMENIAN COUNTERPARTS
Trend
July 15 2010
Azerbaijan
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will hold talks with
Azerbaijani and Armenian Counterparts Elmar Mammadyarov and Edward
Nalbandian in Almaty, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported.
The meetings will be held in the framework of the OSCE summit to
be held in Kazakhstan July 16-17. The Turkish minister will hold
bilateral meetings with Mammadyarov and Nalbandian, the paper reported.
Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and
Edward Nalbandian may meet with their French, Russian and U.S.
counterparts Bernard Kouchner, Sergei Lavrov and Hillary Clinton at
the upcoming OSCE summit in Almaty, OSCE reported earlier.
France, Russia and the United States co-chair the OSCE Minsk Group -
the primary mechanism for peace talks on resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. Negotiations within the Minsk Group have been held since
1994.
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.
From: A. Papazian
Trend
July 15 2010
Azerbaijan
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will hold talks with
Azerbaijani and Armenian Counterparts Elmar Mammadyarov and Edward
Nalbandian in Almaty, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported.
The meetings will be held in the framework of the OSCE summit to
be held in Kazakhstan July 16-17. The Turkish minister will hold
bilateral meetings with Mammadyarov and Nalbandian, the paper reported.
Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and
Edward Nalbandian may meet with their French, Russian and U.S.
counterparts Bernard Kouchner, Sergei Lavrov and Hillary Clinton at
the upcoming OSCE summit in Almaty, OSCE reported earlier.
France, Russia and the United States co-chair the OSCE Minsk Group -
the primary mechanism for peace talks on resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. Negotiations within the Minsk Group have been held since
1994.
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.
From: A. Papazian