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TURKISH PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR RUSSIA
Trend News Agency
Sept 8 2011
Azerbaijan
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has today left for Russia, Anadolu
Agency reported.
Within the visit he will attend the Global Policy Forum in Yaroslavl.
The Forum will also be attended by the Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Latvian President
Valdis Zatlers.
President Gul is expected to discuss the situation with resolution
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with President Medvedev.
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 News Agency
Sept 8 2011
Azerbaijan
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has today left for Russia, Anadolu
Agency reported.
Within the visit he will attend the Global Policy Forum in Yaroslavl.
The Forum will also be attended by the Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Latvian President
Valdis Zatlers.
President Gul is expected to discuss the situation with resolution
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with President Medvedev.
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.