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RUSSIA HOPES FOR NEW START FOR NAGORNO KARABAKH PEACE AGREEMENT
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Jan 27 2012
Azerbaijan
Jan. 27--Russia is actively involved in the OSCE Minsk Group and the
last joint statement that it made at a meeting with the presidents
of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia in Sochi is the result of the work
of all the group's co-chairs, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson
Alexander Lukashevic said on Thursday, Russia 24 TV channel reported.
"We hope that the acceleration of talks will lead to the desired
results -- the specification of positions and the adoption of basic
principles that will clear the way to a more complex document, and
a legally binding peace agreement," Lukashevic said.
Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian presidents Ilham Aliyev, Dmitry
Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan held the tenth trilateral meeting in
Sochi on Monday. A joint statement was made as a result of the meeting.
The presidents said they achieved progress in terms of the basic
principles of the conflict's settlement. Taking into consideration
the importance of making a transition to a developed peace agreement,
the presidents expressed their readiness to accelerate talks.
The two presidents also lauded the mediation efforts of Russia
and the other countries involved. They similarly reaffirmed that
confidence-building measures to settle the dispute are underway.
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 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.
Trend
Jan 27 2012
Azerbaijan
Jan. 27--Russia is actively involved in the OSCE Minsk Group and the
last joint statement that it made at a meeting with the presidents
of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia in Sochi is the result of the work
of all the group's co-chairs, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson
Alexander Lukashevic said on Thursday, Russia 24 TV channel reported.
"We hope that the acceleration of talks will lead to the desired
results -- the specification of positions and the adoption of basic
principles that will clear the way to a more complex document, and
a legally binding peace agreement," Lukashevic said.
Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian presidents Ilham Aliyev, Dmitry
Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan held the tenth trilateral meeting in
Sochi on Monday. A joint statement was made as a result of the meeting.
The presidents said they achieved progress in terms of the basic
principles of the conflict's settlement. Taking into consideration
the importance of making a transition to a developed peace agreement,
the presidents expressed their readiness to accelerate talks.
The two presidents also lauded the mediation efforts of Russia
and the other countries involved. They similarly reaffirmed that
confidence-building measures to settle the dispute are underway.
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 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.