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OIC CONCERNED ABOUT NAGORNO KARABAKH, CYPRUS
A. Maratov
Trend
June 28, 2011
Azerbaijan
OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu expressed his concern
today over the unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh and Cyprus issues.
"Mutual relations between Turkey and Cyprus, and the Azerbaijani
territories occupied by Armenia are issues of concern for the OIC,"
Ihsanoglu said, while addressing a session of the Council of OIC
Foreign Ministers today.
At the OIC session, which is underway in Astana, the organization
has been renamed as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
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 peace talks.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding
regions.
From: Baghdasarian
A. Maratov
Trend
June 28, 2011
Azerbaijan
OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu expressed his concern
today over the unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh and Cyprus issues.
"Mutual relations between Turkey and Cyprus, and the Azerbaijani
territories occupied by Armenia are issues of concern for the OIC,"
Ihsanoglu said, while addressing a session of the Council of OIC
Foreign Ministers today.
At the OIC session, which is underway in Astana, the organization
has been renamed as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
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 peace talks.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding
regions.
From: Baghdasarian