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EU SEEKS SWIFTER RESOLUTION TO NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT
New Europe
http://www.neurope.eu/article/eu-seeks-swifter-resolution-nagorno-karabakh-conflict
Feb 8 2012
The European Union would like to launch new ideas in order to promote
quicker settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno Karabakh
conflict.
Head of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan Ambassador Roland Kobia said:
"We of course support all objectives of the Minsk Group and we would
like also as a request of parties to launch new ideas in order to
promote quicker settlement of the conflict."
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan since 1992, including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
According to Kobia, these ideas are still being tested with the
government of Azerbaijan and with the government of Armenia, and they
will be disclosed soon. He said the EU Special Representative for the
South Caucasus Philippe Lefort visited Azerbaijan yesterday and had
meetings with the president, foreign minister, minister of justice,
minister of internal security and other actors.
Kobia added: "But first, we would like to have concrete development
of these ideas. But it is really to try to enhance people-to-people
contact and to generate confidence between the parties. The main
topics of the meetings were the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno Karabakh
conflict.~T
EU HIgh Representative Catherine Ashton also confirmed that the
EU wants to have a more active role in helping the settlement of
Armenian-Azerbaijan Nagorno Karabakh conflict when she visited
Azerbaijan a few months ago.
New Europe
http://www.neurope.eu/article/eu-seeks-swifter-resolution-nagorno-karabakh-conflict
Feb 8 2012
The European Union would like to launch new ideas in order to promote
quicker settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno Karabakh
conflict.
Head of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan Ambassador Roland Kobia said:
"We of course support all objectives of the Minsk Group and we would
like also as a request of parties to launch new ideas in order to
promote quicker settlement of the conflict."
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan since 1992, including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
According to Kobia, these ideas are still being tested with the
government of Azerbaijan and with the government of Armenia, and they
will be disclosed soon. He said the EU Special Representative for the
South Caucasus Philippe Lefort visited Azerbaijan yesterday and had
meetings with the president, foreign minister, minister of justice,
minister of internal security and other actors.
Kobia added: "But first, we would like to have concrete development
of these ideas. But it is really to try to enhance people-to-people
contact and to generate confidence between the parties. The main
topics of the meetings were the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno Karabakh
conflict.~T
EU HIgh Representative Catherine Ashton also confirmed that the
EU wants to have a more active role in helping the settlement of
Armenian-Azerbaijan Nagorno Karabakh conflict when she visited
Azerbaijan a few months ago.