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RUSSIA TO CONTINUE PUSH FOR NAGORNY KARABAKH DIALOGUE - LAVROV
RIA Novosti
Nagorny Karabakh
RIA Novosti. Ilya Pitalev19:14 02/04/2012YEREVAN, April 2 (RIA
Novosti) Russia will continue fostering dialogue on the Nagorny
Karabakh settlement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said
during his visit to Armenia.
Nagorny Karabakh, a breakaway region on Azerbaijani territory with a
predominantly ethnic Armenian population, has been at the center of
a bitter conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
"The work has not been completed, but the presidents of Russia,
Azerbaijan... expressed their readiness to continue working to reach
an agreement," Lavrov told a news conference in the Armenian capital
of Yerevan.
The top Russian diplomat is paying visits to Armenia on April 2-3
and Azerbaijan on April 3-4. The visits are dedicated to the 20th
anniversary of Russia's diplomatic relations with the countries,
but Lavrov is also expected to discuss developments in the Nagorny
Karabakh settlement.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev met for talks on the Nagorny Karabakh issue, mediated by Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev, on January 23 in Russia's southern resort
city of Sochi.
No breakthrough decisions were reached during the trilateral meeting,
but the leaders agreed to work further on the issue.
Nagorny Karabakh has remained under Armenian control since the late
1980s, when the region claimed independence from Azerbaijan. The
conflict is estimated to have left more than 30,000 people dead on
both sides between 1988 and 1994.
From: Baghdasarian
RIA Novosti
Nagorny Karabakh
RIA Novosti. Ilya Pitalev19:14 02/04/2012YEREVAN, April 2 (RIA
Novosti) Russia will continue fostering dialogue on the Nagorny
Karabakh settlement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said
during his visit to Armenia.
Nagorny Karabakh, a breakaway region on Azerbaijani territory with a
predominantly ethnic Armenian population, has been at the center of
a bitter conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
"The work has not been completed, but the presidents of Russia,
Azerbaijan... expressed their readiness to continue working to reach
an agreement," Lavrov told a news conference in the Armenian capital
of Yerevan.
The top Russian diplomat is paying visits to Armenia on April 2-3
and Azerbaijan on April 3-4. The visits are dedicated to the 20th
anniversary of Russia's diplomatic relations with the countries,
but Lavrov is also expected to discuss developments in the Nagorny
Karabakh settlement.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev met for talks on the Nagorny Karabakh issue, mediated by Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev, on January 23 in Russia's southern resort
city of Sochi.
No breakthrough decisions were reached during the trilateral meeting,
but the leaders agreed to work further on the issue.
Nagorny Karabakh has remained under Armenian control since the late
1980s, when the region claimed independence from Azerbaijan. The
conflict is estimated to have left more than 30,000 people dead on
both sides between 1988 and 1994.
From: Baghdasarian