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PACE WANTS AGREEMENT ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT SIGNED IN KAZAN (UPDATE)
Trend
June 20 2011
Azerbaijan
The details were added after the second paragraph (the first versionwas
posted at 2:46 p.m.)
France, Strasbourg, June 20 / Trend A. Maharramli /
PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu hopes that an agreement
on theNagorno-Karabakh conflict will be signed at the
forthcomingpresidential meeting in Kazan.
"I hope that an agreement on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
will besigned at the forthcoming presidential meeting in Kazan,"
Cavusoglusaid at in Strasbourg at a press conference within the PACE
summersession.
"Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will preside at the meeting,"
hesaid. "Nobody will be happy if an agreement is not signed at
thismeeting to resolve the conflict. We are pleased with the
advancementsin this context."
Expressing his attitude to the activity of the subcommittee
onNagorno-Karabakh, PACE president said that the resolutions adopted
bythe organization must be implemented.
"Regarding the activity of the subcommittee on Nagorno-Karabakh,
I cansay that our Assembly has adopted many recommendations,
resolutionsand statements on this issue," he said.
The Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian presidents will meet in Kazan
on June 24.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988when
Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
Armenianarmed 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.
Theco-chairs of the OSCE MinskGroup - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
arecurrently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's
fourresolutions on the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surroundingregions.
From: Baghdasarian
Trend
June 20 2011
Azerbaijan
The details were added after the second paragraph (the first versionwas
posted at 2:46 p.m.)
France, Strasbourg, June 20 / Trend A. Maharramli /
PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu hopes that an agreement
on theNagorno-Karabakh conflict will be signed at the
forthcomingpresidential meeting in Kazan.
"I hope that an agreement on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
will besigned at the forthcoming presidential meeting in Kazan,"
Cavusoglusaid at in Strasbourg at a press conference within the PACE
summersession.
"Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will preside at the meeting,"
hesaid. "Nobody will be happy if an agreement is not signed at
thismeeting to resolve the conflict. We are pleased with the
advancementsin this context."
Expressing his attitude to the activity of the subcommittee
onNagorno-Karabakh, PACE president said that the resolutions adopted
bythe organization must be implemented.
"Regarding the activity of the subcommittee on Nagorno-Karabakh,
I cansay that our Assembly has adopted many recommendations,
resolutionsand statements on this issue," he said.
The Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian presidents will meet in Kazan
on June 24.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988when
Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
Armenianarmed 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.
Theco-chairs of the OSCE MinskGroup - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
arecurrently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's
fourresolutions on the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surroundingregions.
From: Baghdasarian