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UN SECRETARY GENERAL: RAPID RESOLUTION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT IS NECESSARY
by S.Agayeva
Trend News Agency
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News
June 1, 2011 Wednesday
June 01--Details added after the second paragraph (the first version
was posted at 12:11)The UN Secretary General sees a need for rapid
resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"Rapid and peaceful resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is necessary, and results are expected
in this direction," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said at a
meeting with the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov,
the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported.
Mammadyarov, during the meeting with Ban Ki-moon within his working
visit to the United States, informed him about the negotiation process
to resolve the Armenian -Azerbaijani Nagorno- Karabakh conflict.
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.
He expressed satisfaction with the current level of cooperation
between Azerbaijan and the organization .
Mammayarov informed Ban Ki-moon about advantages of Azerbaijan,
which put forward his candidacy to the elections of non-permanent
members of the UN Security Council for 2012-2013 .
by S.Agayeva
Trend News Agency
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News
June 1, 2011 Wednesday
June 01--Details added after the second paragraph (the first version
was posted at 12:11)The UN Secretary General sees a need for rapid
resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"Rapid and peaceful resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is necessary, and results are expected
in this direction," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said at a
meeting with the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov,
the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported.
Mammadyarov, during the meeting with Ban Ki-moon within his working
visit to the United States, informed him about the negotiation process
to resolve the Armenian -Azerbaijani Nagorno- Karabakh conflict.
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.
He expressed satisfaction with the current level of cooperation
between Azerbaijan and the organization .
Mammayarov informed Ban Ki-moon about advantages of Azerbaijan,
which put forward his candidacy to the elections of non-permanent
members of the UN Security Council for 2012-2013 .