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AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS MAY MEET IN EARLY 2012
Trend
Dec 19 2011
Azerbaijan
Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan
may meet to negotiate a peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict at the beginning of 2012, the French co-chair of OSCE Minsk
Group Bernard Fassier said at the final press conference at the
conclusion of his work as co-chair.
Fassier noted that, the mediators and the head of the co-chair of
OSCE Minsk Group called for the meeting at the Council of foreign
ministers in Vilnius.
"We urge the parties to continue negotiations in order to achieve
results," Fassier noted.
The presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia - Ilham Aliyev,
Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan discussed the basic principles of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on June 24 in Kazan. Kazan meeting of the
presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia on the Nagorno-Karabakh,
the ninth in the last three years, ended without agreement on basic
principles. The sides noted the progress toward the goal in the
joint statement.
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.
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.
From: Baghdasarian
Trend
Dec 19 2011
Azerbaijan
Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan
may meet to negotiate a peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict at the beginning of 2012, the French co-chair of OSCE Minsk
Group Bernard Fassier said at the final press conference at the
conclusion of his work as co-chair.
Fassier noted that, the mediators and the head of the co-chair of
OSCE Minsk Group called for the meeting at the Council of foreign
ministers in Vilnius.
"We urge the parties to continue negotiations in order to achieve
results," Fassier noted.
The presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia - Ilham Aliyev,
Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan discussed the basic principles of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on June 24 in Kazan. Kazan meeting of the
presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia on the Nagorno-Karabakh,
the ninth in the last three years, ended without agreement on basic
principles. The sides noted the progress toward the goal in the
joint statement.
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.
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.
From: Baghdasarian