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RUSSIA, THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE CALLED ON ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN TO ACCELERATE NEGOTIATIONS ON NK CONFLICT
Trend
June 20 2012
Azerbaijan
Presidents of Russia, United States and France regrets Azerbaijan
and Armenia for distaking any decisive steps to resolve the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and urged the parties to accelerate the
harmonization of the basic principles of resolving of problem.
Russia, U.S. and France are co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group on Karabakh
settlement.
"We regret that Armenia and Azerbaijan did not take decisive steps,
which our countries have called on them in a joint statement issued May
26, 2011 in Deauville," - said in a joint statement at the summit of
"twenty" by leaders of the three countries.
They called on both sides meet the obligations for accelerating
agreement on basic principles of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
contained in a statement that made in Sochi on January 23, 2012,.
The statement noted that Moscow, Washington and Paris were united
in a firm commitment for the peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
"Parties of the conflict should not continue to postpone important
decisions needed to achieve lasting and peaceful settlement" - the
document says.
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
June 20 2012
Azerbaijan
Presidents of Russia, United States and France regrets Azerbaijan
and Armenia for distaking any decisive steps to resolve the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and urged the parties to accelerate the
harmonization of the basic principles of resolving of problem.
Russia, U.S. and France are co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group on Karabakh
settlement.
"We regret that Armenia and Azerbaijan did not take decisive steps,
which our countries have called on them in a joint statement issued May
26, 2011 in Deauville," - said in a joint statement at the summit of
"twenty" by leaders of the three countries.
They called on both sides meet the obligations for accelerating
agreement on basic principles of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
contained in a statement that made in Sochi on January 23, 2012,.
The statement noted that Moscow, Washington and Paris were united
in a firm commitment for the peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
"Parties of the conflict should not continue to postpone important
decisions needed to achieve lasting and peaceful settlement" - the
document says.
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.