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COMMISSIONER: EU READY TO ASSIST IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT'S SETTLEMENT
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March 1 2012
Azerbaijan
March 01--The EU is ready to assist in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European
Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule believes.
"The Eastern Partnership and strengthening of relationship between EU
and Azerbaijan opens new ways of the European Union supporting the
process to reach a comprehensive settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. EU is ready to assist in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement," Fule said at a video-conference in Baku on Wednesday.
"The EU is ready to strengthen its support. We are ready to contribute
to concrete initiatives to support the Minsk Group. We have set a
number of confidence building projects," he added.
"We are ready to strengthen it, but of course not against the Madrid
principles, not against the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group, but
in a fully compatible way to create conditions for reaching a final
solution," he said.
"Once a comprehensive settlement is reached, once a solution is
found, then we do not want just to be observers. The EU has a number
of its own experiences putting away the walls, the experience of
reconciliation and conflict resolution. All of this would be at the
disposal of Azerbaijan and Armenia once the resolution is found," --
Fule added.
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
March 1 2012
Azerbaijan
March 01--The EU is ready to assist in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European
Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule believes.
"The Eastern Partnership and strengthening of relationship between EU
and Azerbaijan opens new ways of the European Union supporting the
process to reach a comprehensive settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. EU is ready to assist in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement," Fule said at a video-conference in Baku on Wednesday.
"The EU is ready to strengthen its support. We are ready to contribute
to concrete initiatives to support the Minsk Group. We have set a
number of confidence building projects," he added.
"We are ready to strengthen it, but of course not against the Madrid
principles, not against the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group, but
in a fully compatible way to create conditions for reaching a final
solution," he said.
"Once a comprehensive settlement is reached, once a solution is
found, then we do not want just to be observers. The EU has a number
of its own experiences putting away the walls, the experience of
reconciliation and conflict resolution. All of this would be at the
disposal of Azerbaijan and Armenia once the resolution is found," --
Fule added.
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.