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ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN FAIL TO REACH AGREEMENT ON NAGORNY KARABAKH
RIA Novosti
June 24, 2011
Kazan
Armenia and Azerbaijan were unable to come to an agreement on the
path to peace in Nagorny Karabakh after a meeting in Russia's Kazan
on Friday, but said some progress had been made.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hosted Armenian leader Serzh
Sargsyan and Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev of in the Volga city
of Kazan for talks on a settlement to the two-decade conflict over
Nagorny Karabakh.
"The heads of states confirmed mutual understanding on the range
of issues that contribute to the creation of the conditions for
approving the major principles [of the Karabakh settlement]," a joint
statement said.
The outcome of the summit was predictable," Russian political analyst
Alexei Vlasov told RIA Novosti. "But the most important factor for
a solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict...is how much the sides
listen to Russia."
Nagorny Karabakh, a breakaway region on Azerbaijani territory with a
predominantly ethnic Armenian population, has been at the center of
a bitter conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
It has remained under Armenian control since the late 1980s, when
the region claimed independence from Azerbaijan to join Armenia. The
conflict is estimated to have left more than 30,000 people dead on
both sides between 1988 and 1994.
RIA Novosti
June 24, 2011
Kazan
Armenia and Azerbaijan were unable to come to an agreement on the
path to peace in Nagorny Karabakh after a meeting in Russia's Kazan
on Friday, but said some progress had been made.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hosted Armenian leader Serzh
Sargsyan and Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev of in the Volga city
of Kazan for talks on a settlement to the two-decade conflict over
Nagorny Karabakh.
"The heads of states confirmed mutual understanding on the range
of issues that contribute to the creation of the conditions for
approving the major principles [of the Karabakh settlement]," a joint
statement said.
The outcome of the summit was predictable," Russian political analyst
Alexei Vlasov told RIA Novosti. "But the most important factor for
a solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict...is how much the sides
listen to Russia."
Nagorny Karabakh, a breakaway region on Azerbaijani territory with a
predominantly ethnic Armenian population, has been at the center of
a bitter conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
It has remained under Armenian control since the late 1980s, when
the region claimed independence from Azerbaijan to join Armenia. The
conflict is estimated to have left more than 30,000 people dead on
both sides between 1988 and 1994.