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GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: KARABAKH CONFLICT THREATENS SECURITY OF ENTIRE REGION
Trend
June 11 2012
Azerbaijan
The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh is not conducive to security in the
region, deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Nino Kalandadze
said at a news briefing in Tbilisi on Monday, answering a question
about the escalation of tensions on the border between Azerbaijani
and Armenian troops.
Kalandadze said the security situation in South Caucasus "is very
fragile" due to existing conflicts in the region.
"The international community knows it however and in the first place,
leaders of the three South Caucasus countries know about it," the
deputy minister noted.
"I am confident that all parties fully understand how the Karabakh
problem is complicated, how serious the consequences of armed conflict
would be for the entire region and how difficult a situation in
the region it can be in terms of the development of our countries,"
she said.
Kalandadze noted that there is always a theoretical risk of an
escalation of tensions under current conditions to which all must
be sensitive.
"I am convinced that the both states are sensitive to this issue,"
Kalandadze said, stressing that the Georgian authorities are in
constant contact with Baku and 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 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 the 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
June 11 2012
Azerbaijan
The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh is not conducive to security in the
region, deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Nino Kalandadze
said at a news briefing in Tbilisi on Monday, answering a question
about the escalation of tensions on the border between Azerbaijani
and Armenian troops.
Kalandadze said the security situation in South Caucasus "is very
fragile" due to existing conflicts in the region.
"The international community knows it however and in the first place,
leaders of the three South Caucasus countries know about it," the
deputy minister noted.
"I am confident that all parties fully understand how the Karabakh
problem is complicated, how serious the consequences of armed conflict
would be for the entire region and how difficult a situation in
the region it can be in terms of the development of our countries,"
she said.
Kalandadze noted that there is always a theoretical risk of an
escalation of tensions under current conditions to which all must
be sensitive.
"I am convinced that the both states are sensitive to this issue,"
Kalandadze said, stressing that the Georgian authorities are in
constant contact with Baku and 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 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 the 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.