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July 5 2012
Special Envoy: NATO supports mutually acceptable peaceful solution to
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Azerbaijan, Baku, July 5 / Trend, E.Mehdiyev/
NATO supports mutually acceptable peaceful solution to the
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Alliance's special
representative for South Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai
told reporters in Baku on Thursday.
"There is Minsk process and we don't participate in that, but we
support it, it's goal, which is mutually acceptable peaceful
solution," he said.
He said there is a concern at the NATO about the unresolved
Nagorno-Karabakh situation. "Recently there have been high tension and
a number of incidents, which worry us," he added.
According to Appathurai, this region has so much potential - economic
and political potential.
"There must be a political solution, and there will be no successful
military solution," he underlined.
"NATO as an organization does not comment and cannot comment on the
national policy of its members, when it comes to weapons sale,"
Appathurai made this statement commenting on the U.S. ban on weapons
sale to Azerbaijan.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent 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 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.
July 5 2012
Special Envoy: NATO supports mutually acceptable peaceful solution to
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Azerbaijan, Baku, July 5 / Trend, E.Mehdiyev/
NATO supports mutually acceptable peaceful solution to the
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Alliance's special
representative for South Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai
told reporters in Baku on Thursday.
"There is Minsk process and we don't participate in that, but we
support it, it's goal, which is mutually acceptable peaceful
solution," he said.
He said there is a concern at the NATO about the unresolved
Nagorno-Karabakh situation. "Recently there have been high tension and
a number of incidents, which worry us," he added.
According to Appathurai, this region has so much potential - economic
and political potential.
"There must be a political solution, and there will be no successful
military solution," he underlined.
"NATO as an organization does not comment and cannot comment on the
national policy of its members, when it comes to weapons sale,"
Appathurai made this statement commenting on the U.S. ban on weapons
sale to Azerbaijan.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent 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 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.