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RUSSIA TO HOST TRILATERAL MEETING BETWEEN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN
Hurriyet
June 17 2010
Turkey
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C), Armenian President Serge
Sarkisian (R) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L) at a ski
resort in Sochi, Russia, on Jan. 25. AFP photo
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was scheduled to host a trilateral
meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in St.
Petersburg on Thursday, the Azeri-Press Agency, or APA, reported,
citing the vesti.ru website.
The meeting was set to take place within the framework of the 14th
Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum in the Russian city.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was expected to be the main topic of
discussion between Medvedev, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and
Armenian President Serge Sarkisian.
The most recent talks between Sarkisian and Aliyev, also hosted by
Medvedev, took place in the Russian Black Sea city of Sochi in January.
Aliyev has since repeatedly accused Armenia of dragging its feet over
international mediators' existing peace proposals, which he says are
largely acceptable to Baku. Aliyev warned earlier this month that
Baku will pull out of further negotiations with the Armenian side if
the peace process remains deadlocked.
Nagorno-Karabakh is an enclave in Azerbaijan that has been occupied by
Armenian forces since the end of a six-year conflict that left some
30,000 people dead and displaced approximately 1 million prior to a
1994 truce. The territory's unilateral independence is not recognized
by the international community.
Mediation efforts brokered by the so-called Minsk group - made up
of France, Russia and the United States - have failed to produce a
settlement to the conflict.
From: A. Papazian
Hurriyet
June 17 2010
Turkey
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C), Armenian President Serge
Sarkisian (R) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L) at a ski
resort in Sochi, Russia, on Jan. 25. AFP photo
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was scheduled to host a trilateral
meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in St.
Petersburg on Thursday, the Azeri-Press Agency, or APA, reported,
citing the vesti.ru website.
The meeting was set to take place within the framework of the 14th
Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum in the Russian city.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was expected to be the main topic of
discussion between Medvedev, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and
Armenian President Serge Sarkisian.
The most recent talks between Sarkisian and Aliyev, also hosted by
Medvedev, took place in the Russian Black Sea city of Sochi in January.
Aliyev has since repeatedly accused Armenia of dragging its feet over
international mediators' existing peace proposals, which he says are
largely acceptable to Baku. Aliyev warned earlier this month that
Baku will pull out of further negotiations with the Armenian side if
the peace process remains deadlocked.
Nagorno-Karabakh is an enclave in Azerbaijan that has been occupied by
Armenian forces since the end of a six-year conflict that left some
30,000 people dead and displaced approximately 1 million prior to a
1994 truce. The territory's unilateral independence is not recognized
by the international community.
Mediation efforts brokered by the so-called Minsk group - made up
of France, Russia and the United States - have failed to produce a
settlement to the conflict.
From: A. Papazian