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'TIME OF HOPE' FOR KARABAKH DEAL, SAYS RUSSIAN ENVOY
news.az
June 8 2011
Azerbaijan
Russia's ambassador in Baku is hopeful that talks later this month
between Azerbaijan and Armenia will lead to a resolution of the
Karabakh conflict.
Vladimir Dorokhin told journalists today that Russia was working hard
to find a settlement, APA reported.
"As one of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia is making
efforts towards a solution of Azerbaijan's most painful problem,
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. I cannot go into the details of the
negotiations, but when we say 'Russia is doing its best as a mediator',
we are not dissembling. As a result of the international efforts,
there is a chance of reaching serious agreements and Russia is doing
its best to use this opportunity," Dorokhin told a press conference
to mark Russia Day (which falls on 12 June).
The ambassador said that of the three countries co-chairing the OSCE
Minsk Group of mediators, only Russia was conducting negotiations at
the highest level.
"There have been moments of disappointment in the negotiations,
but now is a time of hope. Negotiations are being carried on, the
co-chairs are in the region. The ministers will meet on 11 June,
the presidents are expected to meet at the end of the month. I do not
want to make predictions, but all this raises hopes for an imminent
resolution of the conflict," he said.
Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev is to mediate a meeting of the
Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents on 25 June in Kazan.
The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh began in 1988 when Armenia
made claims on Azerbaijani territory. Armenian armed forces have
occupied a swathe of Azerbaijani territory since 1992, including the
Nagorno-Karabakh region, and seven surrounding districts.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are negotiating to resolve the conflict through
the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs - Russia, France and
the USA.
The nub of the conflict remains unresolved - the competing claims of
territorial integrity, which Azerbaijan insists takes precedence in
the case of Karabakh, and self-determination, which Armenia wants to
see for the Armenians of Karabakh.
news.az
June 8 2011
Azerbaijan
Russia's ambassador in Baku is hopeful that talks later this month
between Azerbaijan and Armenia will lead to a resolution of the
Karabakh conflict.
Vladimir Dorokhin told journalists today that Russia was working hard
to find a settlement, APA reported.
"As one of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia is making
efforts towards a solution of Azerbaijan's most painful problem,
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. I cannot go into the details of the
negotiations, but when we say 'Russia is doing its best as a mediator',
we are not dissembling. As a result of the international efforts,
there is a chance of reaching serious agreements and Russia is doing
its best to use this opportunity," Dorokhin told a press conference
to mark Russia Day (which falls on 12 June).
The ambassador said that of the three countries co-chairing the OSCE
Minsk Group of mediators, only Russia was conducting negotiations at
the highest level.
"There have been moments of disappointment in the negotiations,
but now is a time of hope. Negotiations are being carried on, the
co-chairs are in the region. The ministers will meet on 11 June,
the presidents are expected to meet at the end of the month. I do not
want to make predictions, but all this raises hopes for an imminent
resolution of the conflict," he said.
Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev is to mediate a meeting of the
Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents on 25 June in Kazan.
The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh began in 1988 when Armenia
made claims on Azerbaijani territory. Armenian armed forces have
occupied a swathe of Azerbaijani territory since 1992, including the
Nagorno-Karabakh region, and seven surrounding districts.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are negotiating to resolve the conflict through
the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs - Russia, France and
the USA.
The nub of the conflict remains unresolved - the competing claims of
territorial integrity, which Azerbaijan insists takes precedence in
the case of Karabakh, and self-determination, which Armenia wants to
see for the Armenians of Karabakh.