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Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement must be accelerated
T. Hajiyev
Trend
Aug 16, 2011
Azerbaijan
The process of resolving the Nagorno Karabakh conflict must be
accelerated, head of the EU representative office in Azerbaijan Roland
Kobia told media.
"Armenia and Azerbaijan failed to reach an agreement on the
Nagorno-Karabakh settlement at the Kazan meeting," he said. "But
this does not mean that the whole process has failed. Of course, the
failure to reach an agreement at the meeting is disappointing. But a
few days later a meeting was held in Sochi. I heard it was held in a
positive atmosphere. We would like this process to continue. I would
not like to think that the settlement process has ended."
Kobia touched upon the incidents occurring at the contact line between
Armenian and Azerbaijani troops.
"We are saddened by the situation in the frontal zone," he said.
"There must not be such cases from the Azerbaijani or Armenian sides,
because there is a ceasefire regime. No one should die there. Both
sides must respect the ceasefire regime."
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 U.S. -
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
T. Hajiyev
Trend
Aug 16, 2011
Azerbaijan
The process of resolving the Nagorno Karabakh conflict must be
accelerated, head of the EU representative office in Azerbaijan Roland
Kobia told media.
"Armenia and Azerbaijan failed to reach an agreement on the
Nagorno-Karabakh settlement at the Kazan meeting," he said. "But
this does not mean that the whole process has failed. Of course, the
failure to reach an agreement at the meeting is disappointing. But a
few days later a meeting was held in Sochi. I heard it was held in a
positive atmosphere. We would like this process to continue. I would
not like to think that the settlement process has ended."
Kobia touched upon the incidents occurring at the contact line between
Armenian and Azerbaijani troops.
"We are saddened by the situation in the frontal zone," he said.
"There must not be such cases from the Azerbaijani or Armenian sides,
because there is a ceasefire regime. No one should die there. Both
sides must respect the ceasefire regime."
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 U.S. -
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.