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AZERBAIJAN, RUSSIA AGREE TO SPEED UP RESOLUTION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
Xinhua General News Service
April 4, 2012 Wednesday 6:40 PM EST
China
Azerbaijani and Russian high-ranking officials met on Wednesday in
Baku and agreed to speed up the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
In meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov,
speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament Ogtay Asadov said that Azerbaijan
wanted this problem to be settled soon with Russia's mediation.
In turn, Lavrov noted that Russia also wants this conflict to be
settled the soonest possible on a mutually acceptable basis.
Russia was interested in peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh
conflict and it would increase its efforts toward this, he said.
Russian Foreign Minister arrived in Baku on April 3 for an official
visit to mark the 20th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations
between Russia and Azerbaijan.
During the visit he met with President Ilham Aliyev and signed a
joint statement with his Azerbaijani counterpart marking the 20th
anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between two countries.
Although Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a cease-fire deal in 1994 over
the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, a region that lies within Azerbaijan
but has been under the control of Armenian troops and ethnic Armenian
forces after a separatist war broke out in 1988, the issue has not
been settled despite the mediation by the OSCE Minsk Group,co-chaired
by France, Russia and the United States.
Xinhua General News Service
April 4, 2012 Wednesday 6:40 PM EST
China
Azerbaijani and Russian high-ranking officials met on Wednesday in
Baku and agreed to speed up the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
In meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov,
speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament Ogtay Asadov said that Azerbaijan
wanted this problem to be settled soon with Russia's mediation.
In turn, Lavrov noted that Russia also wants this conflict to be
settled the soonest possible on a mutually acceptable basis.
Russia was interested in peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh
conflict and it would increase its efforts toward this, he said.
Russian Foreign Minister arrived in Baku on April 3 for an official
visit to mark the 20th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations
between Russia and Azerbaijan.
During the visit he met with President Ilham Aliyev and signed a
joint statement with his Azerbaijani counterpart marking the 20th
anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between two countries.
Although Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a cease-fire deal in 1994 over
the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, a region that lies within Azerbaijan
but has been under the control of Armenian troops and ethnic Armenian
forces after a separatist war broke out in 1988, the issue has not
been settled despite the mediation by the OSCE Minsk Group,co-chaired
by France, Russia and the United States.