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Oct 7 2011
French President: OSCE Minsk Group to double efforts to resolve
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
7 October 2011, 13:15 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan , Baku, Oct. 7 / Trend E.
Tariverdiyeva /
Speaking about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, French President Nicolas
Sarkozy said during his visit to Yerevan that France, the U.S and
Russia are ready to double their efforts to resolve the problem
peacefully.
"I will take this message of peace to Azerbaijan ," he said.
The French and Armenian Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Serzh Sargsyan
inaugurated the statue of "Jules Bastien Lepage" by the famous French
sculptor Auguste Rodin in Yerevan today.
France presented the statue to Armenia in connection with the 20th
anniversary of independence.
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 7 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.
Oct 7 2011
French President: OSCE Minsk Group to double efforts to resolve
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
7 October 2011, 13:15 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan , Baku, Oct. 7 / Trend E.
Tariverdiyeva /
Speaking about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, French President Nicolas
Sarkozy said during his visit to Yerevan that France, the U.S and
Russia are ready to double their efforts to resolve the problem
peacefully.
"I will take this message of peace to Azerbaijan ," he said.
The French and Armenian Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Serzh Sargsyan
inaugurated the statue of "Jules Bastien Lepage" by the famous French
sculptor Auguste Rodin in Yerevan today.
France presented the statue to Armenia in connection with the 20th
anniversary of independence.
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 7 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.