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RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY DISCUSSES NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT IN YEREVAN
Trend
Feb 10 2012
Azerbaijan
10 February 2012, 10:40 (GMT+04:00) The delegation, headed by Russian
Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev held a meeting with
Armenian President Serzh Sagrsyan in Yerevan, Panorama.am. reported
referring to the presidential press-service.
The sides touched upon the regional problems and challenges, recent
events in the negotiation process on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement.
Patrushev said that the issues of military and military-technical
cooperation, as well as cooperation in humanitarian sphere, interaction
in the elimination of consequences of natural disasters, etc. were
discussed during the meetings in Yerevan.
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 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
Feb 10 2012
Azerbaijan
10 February 2012, 10:40 (GMT+04:00) The delegation, headed by Russian
Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev held a meeting with
Armenian President Serzh Sagrsyan in Yerevan, Panorama.am. reported
referring to the presidential press-service.
The sides touched upon the regional problems and challenges, recent
events in the negotiation process on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement.
Patrushev said that the issues of military and military-technical
cooperation, as well as cooperation in humanitarian sphere, interaction
in the elimination of consequences of natural disasters, etc. were
discussed during the meetings in Yerevan.
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 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.