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REPRESENTATIVES OF AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN INTELLECTUALS DISCUSS WAYS OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
Trend
Feb 22 2012
Azerbaijan
The meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian intellectuals has been held
in Moscow today.
The ways of peaceful settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were discussed at the meeting, rector of
the Azerbaijan National Conservatory Siyavush Karimi, who participated
in the meeting, told Trend.
He said that the details of the meeting will be announced after the
Azerbaijani delegation returns home.
Besides Karimi, Rector of the Uzeyir Hajibeyli Baku Music Academy,
USSR People's Artist Farhad Badalbeyli, Rector of the Baku Slavic
University, professor Kamal Abdulla, Director of the Muslim Magomayev
State Philharmonic Hall Murad Adigozalzade represented the Azerbaijani
delegation that took part in the meeting of intellectuals.
The meeting was held at the initiative of Russian President's Special
Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoi.
Moreover, Azerbaijani ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu, former
Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatyan attended the meeting.
This is the third meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian intellectuals.
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 negotiations to resolve the dispute.
Armenia has failed to implement UN Security Council resolutions
stipulating the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding regions.
Trend
Feb 22 2012
Azerbaijan
The meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian intellectuals has been held
in Moscow today.
The ways of peaceful settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were discussed at the meeting, rector of
the Azerbaijan National Conservatory Siyavush Karimi, who participated
in the meeting, told Trend.
He said that the details of the meeting will be announced after the
Azerbaijani delegation returns home.
Besides Karimi, Rector of the Uzeyir Hajibeyli Baku Music Academy,
USSR People's Artist Farhad Badalbeyli, Rector of the Baku Slavic
University, professor Kamal Abdulla, Director of the Muslim Magomayev
State Philharmonic Hall Murad Adigozalzade represented the Azerbaijani
delegation that took part in the meeting of intellectuals.
The meeting was held at the initiative of Russian President's Special
Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoi.
Moreover, Azerbaijani ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu, former
Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatyan attended the meeting.
This is the third meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian intellectuals.
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 negotiations to resolve the dispute.
Armenia has failed to implement UN Security Council resolutions
stipulating the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding regions.