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OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS DISCUSS NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT IN YEREVAN
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March 2 2012
Azerbaijan
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian has received today the
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Robert Bradtke, Igor Popov, Jacques Faure
and personal representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej
Kasprzyk.
The press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told Armenian
News - NEWS.am, discussions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict's
settlement continued at the meeting. The sides touched upon the ways
of implementing the joint declaration of the Presidents of Azerbaijan,
Armenia and Russia, made in Sochi on January 23.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 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
March 2 2012
Azerbaijan
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian has received today the
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Robert Bradtke, Igor Popov, Jacques Faure
and personal representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej
Kasprzyk.
The press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told Armenian
News - NEWS.am, discussions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict's
settlement continued at the meeting. The sides touched upon the ways
of implementing the joint declaration of the Presidents of Azerbaijan,
Armenia and Russia, made in Sochi on January 23.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 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.