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Oct 22 2011
Azerbaijan, Iran defence ministers discuss Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
22 October 2011, 19:03 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 22 / Trend
R.Darakhshan/
Azerbaijani Defence Minister Colonel General Safar Abiyev met Saturday
in Baku with Iranian Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics
Major General Ahmad Vahidi, the press service of Azerbaijani Defense
Ministry said.
During the meeting the ministers discussed the ties between the two
countries, regional security and the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Abiyev said that negotiations are under way to resolve the conflict,
but at the same time he pointed out the need to strengthen the
Azerbaijani army in order that the country would ready to liberate its
lands from occupation at any moment.
Vahidi arrived in Baku on a working visit on Saturday.
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.
From: A. Papazian
Oct 22 2011
Azerbaijan, Iran defence ministers discuss Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
22 October 2011, 19:03 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 22 / Trend
R.Darakhshan/
Azerbaijani Defence Minister Colonel General Safar Abiyev met Saturday
in Baku with Iranian Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics
Major General Ahmad Vahidi, the press service of Azerbaijani Defense
Ministry said.
During the meeting the ministers discussed the ties between the two
countries, regional security and the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Abiyev said that negotiations are under way to resolve the conflict,
but at the same time he pointed out the need to strengthen the
Azerbaijani army in order that the country would ready to liberate its
lands from occupation at any moment.
Vahidi arrived in Baku on a working visit on Saturday.
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.
From: A. Papazian