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Sept 24 2011
Azerbaijan: Armenia should change position on Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict resolution
[24.09.2011 17:40]
Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 24 / Trend , M.Aliyev /
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov has today stated that
no step forward was taken to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
after the Kazan meeting.
"Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has recently met with the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs in New-York, but I do not believe that any
progress will be achieved. As the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs
understand that Armenia should change its position," he told
journalists.
Presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev, Dmitry
Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan, met in Kazan on June 24. The meeting,
which was the ninth over the last three years, ended without reaching
an agreement on the basic principles, but the sides mentioned the
progress towards this goal.
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.
Sept 24 2011
Azerbaijan: Armenia should change position on Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict resolution
[24.09.2011 17:40]
Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 24 / Trend , M.Aliyev /
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov has today stated that
no step forward was taken to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
after the Kazan meeting.
"Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has recently met with the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs in New-York, but I do not believe that any
progress will be achieved. As the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs
understand that Armenia should change its position," he told
journalists.
Presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev, Dmitry
Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan, met in Kazan on June 24. The meeting,
which was the ninth over the last three years, ended without reaching
an agreement on the basic principles, but the sides mentioned the
progress towards this goal.
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.