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    Trend, Azerbaijan
    June 14 2012


    Azerbaijani FM: Incident investigation mechanism in current situation
    to strengthen status quo


    Azerbaijan, Baku, June 14 / Trend A. Badalova /

    First of all, it is necessary for Armenia to withdraw its troops from
    the Azerbaijani territory to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
    Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at the
    press-conference with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Eamon Gilmore in Baku
    today.

    "Azerbaijan has agreed to introduce an incident investigation
    mechanism," the minister said. "However, after the troops are
    withdrawn, this mechanism will not be required."

    He said that introducing a mechanism in the current situation means
    even more strengthening of the status quo.

    "After the troops are withdrawn, snipers on the border will not be
    required," Mammadyarov said.

    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 US -
    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.

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