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END IN SIGHT FOR 20-YEAR NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
Russia Today
http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-10-27/karabakh-armenia-azerbaijan-negotiations.html?fullstory
Oct 27 2010
There are rising hopes that a two-decade-long frozen conflict between
Armenia and Azerbaijan could be coming to an end.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held talks with the leaders of
the two countries, and says he hopes all sides will agree settlement
principles within a month, Interfax news agency reports.
However, Armenian officials believe the peace talks will not result
in the signing of any crucial document.
Meanwhile, the parties agreed to the immediate exchange of prisoners
of war and the bodies of those killed in the conflict.
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Over the past several years, there has been occasional armed action
between Karabakh and Azerbaijani troops. The exchange of prisoners
and the bodies of those killed has always been a complicated process.
According to President Medvedev, Armenia and Azerbaijan have reached
an important agreement, taking into account all the difficulties that
exist with the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The confrontation over the disputed territory broke out in 1988 when
the region, mostly populated by Armenians, sought independence from
the Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
In 1991 the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was founded. Azerbaijan tried to
regain control over the region and the conflict escalated into a war
that killed about thirty thousand people. The conflict ended in 1994,
with Nagorno-Karabakh's independence remaining unrecognized and the
region being part of Azerbaijan, according to Baku's legislation.
Armenia has been supporting the Nagorno-Karabakh region, representing
its interests on the official level. In the last 15 years Russia has
been the main mediator in peace talks.
From: A. Papazian
Russia Today
http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-10-27/karabakh-armenia-azerbaijan-negotiations.html?fullstory
Oct 27 2010
There are rising hopes that a two-decade-long frozen conflict between
Armenia and Azerbaijan could be coming to an end.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held talks with the leaders of
the two countries, and says he hopes all sides will agree settlement
principles within a month, Interfax news agency reports.
However, Armenian officials believe the peace talks will not result
in the signing of any crucial document.
Meanwhile, the parties agreed to the immediate exchange of prisoners
of war and the bodies of those killed in the conflict.
Read more
Over the past several years, there has been occasional armed action
between Karabakh and Azerbaijani troops. The exchange of prisoners
and the bodies of those killed has always been a complicated process.
According to President Medvedev, Armenia and Azerbaijan have reached
an important agreement, taking into account all the difficulties that
exist with the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The confrontation over the disputed territory broke out in 1988 when
the region, mostly populated by Armenians, sought independence from
the Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.
In 1991 the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was founded. Azerbaijan tried to
regain control over the region and the conflict escalated into a war
that killed about thirty thousand people. The conflict ended in 1994,
with Nagorno-Karabakh's independence remaining unrecognized and the
region being part of Azerbaijan, according to Baku's legislation.
Armenia has been supporting the Nagorno-Karabakh region, representing
its interests on the official level. In the last 15 years Russia has
been the main mediator in peace talks.
From: A. Papazian