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AZERBAIJAN DOES NOT EXPECT ANYTHING NEW FROM OSCE MG'S UPCOMING VISIT TO REGION
Trend
Nov 24 2011
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan does not expect anything new from the upcoming visit of the
OSCE Minsk Group to the region, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister
Araz Azimov told journalists on Thursday.
"Armenia, as before, takes advantage of the situation for its own
selfish ends. Rather than responding to Azerbaijan's constructive
proposals, Armenia chooses a different way, uses occupied Azerbaijani
territories for its selfish ends and, thus, shows no interest in
moving the process forward," Azimov said.
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 said though the situation clarified after Azerbaijani and Armenian
presidents' Kazan meeting, which was held with the mediation of
the Russian president, but stagnation ensued. On the other hand,
French President's visit to Yerevan and Baku also yielded no results,
Azimov said.
Azimov said that Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
will attend a conference of the Council of OSCE Foreign Ministers in
Vilnius in early December.
He said Mammadyarov is not yet scheduled to meet with his Armenian
counterpart in Vilnius.
Azerbaijan is ready to continue negotiations, he added.
Trend
Nov 24 2011
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan does not expect anything new from the upcoming visit of the
OSCE Minsk Group to the region, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister
Araz Azimov told journalists on Thursday.
"Armenia, as before, takes advantage of the situation for its own
selfish ends. Rather than responding to Azerbaijan's constructive
proposals, Armenia chooses a different way, uses occupied Azerbaijani
territories for its selfish ends and, thus, shows no interest in
moving the process forward," Azimov said.
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 said though the situation clarified after Azerbaijani and Armenian
presidents' Kazan meeting, which was held with the mediation of
the Russian president, but stagnation ensued. On the other hand,
French President's visit to Yerevan and Baku also yielded no results,
Azimov said.
Azimov said that Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
will attend a conference of the Council of OSCE Foreign Ministers in
Vilnius in early December.
He said Mammadyarov is not yet scheduled to meet with his Armenian
counterpart in Vilnius.
Azerbaijan is ready to continue negotiations, he added.