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SPECIAL ENVOY: RUSSIA IS SIGNIFICANT IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT AS MEDIATOR
Trend
May 31 2012
Azerbaijan
Russia is significant in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement
as a mediator, the Russian President's Special Envoy on Relations
with the CIS and head of the Federal Agency "Rossotrudnichestvo"
Konstantin Kosachev said today.
"Russia does not have its own interests, which would predetermine a
particular approach or a particular tendency to some variant of the
conflict settlement," Kosachev told media in Baku today.
He said that a solution which will satisfy both parties is an
acceptable solution to the conflict settlement for Russia.
"We promote and will promote this in the future," he said. "This
process is in the development. This development is not negative. We
hope that the progress will not make waiting for a long time."
He said that he discussed the topic of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
with the Azerbaijani leadership from this point of view.
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.
Trend
May 31 2012
Azerbaijan
Russia is significant in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement
as a mediator, the Russian President's Special Envoy on Relations
with the CIS and head of the Federal Agency "Rossotrudnichestvo"
Konstantin Kosachev said today.
"Russia does not have its own interests, which would predetermine a
particular approach or a particular tendency to some variant of the
conflict settlement," Kosachev told media in Baku today.
He said that a solution which will satisfy both parties is an
acceptable solution to the conflict settlement for Russia.
"We promote and will promote this in the future," he said. "This
process is in the development. This development is not negative. We
hope that the progress will not make waiting for a long time."
He said that he discussed the topic of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
with the Azerbaijani leadership from this point of view.
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.