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POLISH AMBASSADOR: TALKS ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH SETTLEMENT TO BE INTENSIFIED
Trend
Sept 6 2011
Azerbaijan
One can expect the intensification of the talks on Nagorno-Karabakh
in connection with the appointment of new EU Special Representative
for South Caucasus Philippe Lefort.
Polish Ambassador to Armenia Zdzislaw Rachinski expressed this opinion
to media, News.am. reported.
"France is not authorized to represent the EU position in the OSCE
Minsk Group. But it is clear that representing its position, France
represents the EU point of view.
Last week, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security
Policy Catherine Ashton welcomed the appointment of Philippe Lefort
EU Special Representative for South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia.
Ambassador Rachinski said that one of the conditions for successful
implementation of the EU projects in the region is effective
cooperation between all countries of South Caucasus.
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 negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding
regions.
Trend
Sept 6 2011
Azerbaijan
One can expect the intensification of the talks on Nagorno-Karabakh
in connection with the appointment of new EU Special Representative
for South Caucasus Philippe Lefort.
Polish Ambassador to Armenia Zdzislaw Rachinski expressed this opinion
to media, News.am. reported.
"France is not authorized to represent the EU position in the OSCE
Minsk Group. But it is clear that representing its position, France
represents the EU point of view.
Last week, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security
Policy Catherine Ashton welcomed the appointment of Philippe Lefort
EU Special Representative for South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia.
Ambassador Rachinski said that one of the conditions for successful
implementation of the EU projects in the region is effective
cooperation between all countries of South Caucasus.
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 negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding
regions.