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SPIRITUAL LEADERS URGE REMOVAL OF NAGORNY KARABAKH SNIPERS
Ilya Pitalev
RIA Novosti
8/11/2011
YEREVAN
Three spiritual leaders on Monday signed a declaration on the peaceful
settlement of the Nagorny Karabakh conflict and asked the parties
to the conflict - Armenia and Azerbaijan - to remove snipers from
the front.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Catholicos of all Armenians
Karekin II and Caucasus Muslim leader Allahshukur Pashazade expressed
"adherence to the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh problem" and
"support for the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group."
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.
Nagorny Karabakh has remained under Armenian control since the late
1980s, when the region claimed independence from Azerbaijan. The
conflict is estimated to have left more than 30,000 people dead on
both sides between 1988 and 1994.
Last week, two Nagorny Karabakh soldiers were killed by Azerbaijani
snipers. Over the next few days, Karabakh servicemen killed about
seven Azerbaijani soldiers.
The OSCE Minsk Group, comprising Russia, France and the United States,
has mediated the conflict for many years without much progress.
Patriarch Kirill, Karekin II and Pashazade are attending a meeting
of the CIS Interfaith Council in Yerevan on November 28-29.
Ilya Pitalev
RIA Novosti
8/11/2011
YEREVAN
Three spiritual leaders on Monday signed a declaration on the peaceful
settlement of the Nagorny Karabakh conflict and asked the parties
to the conflict - Armenia and Azerbaijan - to remove snipers from
the front.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Catholicos of all Armenians
Karekin II and Caucasus Muslim leader Allahshukur Pashazade expressed
"adherence to the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh problem" and
"support for the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group."
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.
Nagorny Karabakh has remained under Armenian control since the late
1980s, when the region claimed independence from Azerbaijan. The
conflict is estimated to have left more than 30,000 people dead on
both sides between 1988 and 1994.
Last week, two Nagorny Karabakh soldiers were killed by Azerbaijani
snipers. Over the next few days, Karabakh servicemen killed about
seven Azerbaijani soldiers.
The OSCE Minsk Group, comprising Russia, France and the United States,
has mediated the conflict for many years without much progress.
Patriarch Kirill, Karekin II and Pashazade are attending a meeting
of the CIS Interfaith Council in Yerevan on November 28-29.