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OSCE CHAIRMAN MULLS KARABAKH PROBLEM WITH MINSK GROUP
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July 13 2011
Azerbaijan
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister
Audronius Azubalis yesterday met the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group, Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the
United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation accompanied
by Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the
Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk
Conference, the OSCE reported.
Azubalis voiced support for the efforts by the Co-Chairs of the
OSCE Minsk Group to achieve a breakthrough at the negotiations on
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and called for more civil society
involvement in the implementation of confidence-building measures.
"It will contribute to the resolution of the conflict, and will
strengthen confidence among the societies," he said.
The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs informed Ažubalis about the trilateral
meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents in Kazan on
24 June, which was an attempt to agree on basic principles as the
framework for a comprehensive settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. They also discussed the prospects of a solution of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and planned negotiating initiatives for
the remaining year.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has prepared a message to Presidents
of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, following
discussions held in Kazan. The message includes proposals on the
visions of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution that was recently
discussed at the meeting of the three presidents with representatives
of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Presidents Ilham Aliyev, Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan discussed
the basic principles of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement in
Kazan on June 24. The meeting - ninth in the last three years - ended
without reaching agreement on the basic principles of settlement. A
joint statement issued after the meeting noted the progress towards
this goal.
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.
Trend
July 13 2011
Azerbaijan
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister
Audronius Azubalis yesterday met the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group, Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the
United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation accompanied
by Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the
Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk
Conference, the OSCE reported.
Azubalis voiced support for the efforts by the Co-Chairs of the
OSCE Minsk Group to achieve a breakthrough at the negotiations on
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and called for more civil society
involvement in the implementation of confidence-building measures.
"It will contribute to the resolution of the conflict, and will
strengthen confidence among the societies," he said.
The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs informed Ažubalis about the trilateral
meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents in Kazan on
24 June, which was an attempt to agree on basic principles as the
framework for a comprehensive settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. They also discussed the prospects of a solution of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and planned negotiating initiatives for
the remaining year.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has prepared a message to Presidents
of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, following
discussions held in Kazan. The message includes proposals on the
visions of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution that was recently
discussed at the meeting of the three presidents with representatives
of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Presidents Ilham Aliyev, Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan discussed
the basic principles of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement in
Kazan on June 24. The meeting - ninth in the last three years - ended
without reaching agreement on the basic principles of settlement. A
joint statement issued after the meeting noted the progress towards
this goal.
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.