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March 3 2012
EU can contribute to Karabakh conflict resolution, top official says
3 March 2012, 12:22 (GMT+04:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, March 3 / Trend M. Aliyev /
The EU can contribute to the resolution of Armenian-Azerbaijani
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Head of the Foreign Relations Department of
the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov believes.
He said Azerbaijan expects the EU to be more actively involved in the
settlement process. "The international community should be more
actively involved in the conflict resolution," Mammadov said.
He also urged the OSCE Minsk Group to make more efforts to resolve the conflict.
Mediators must find a way out of the situation emerged after the
Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian presidents' Kazan meeting, Mammadov
said.
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are currently on a visit to the region.
They will arrive in Baku for negotiations on March 5.
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.
From: A. Papazian
March 3 2012
EU can contribute to Karabakh conflict resolution, top official says
3 March 2012, 12:22 (GMT+04:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, March 3 / Trend M. Aliyev /
The EU can contribute to the resolution of Armenian-Azerbaijani
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Head of the Foreign Relations Department of
the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov believes.
He said Azerbaijan expects the EU to be more actively involved in the
settlement process. "The international community should be more
actively involved in the conflict resolution," Mammadov said.
He also urged the OSCE Minsk Group to make more efforts to resolve the conflict.
Mediators must find a way out of the situation emerged after the
Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian presidents' Kazan meeting, Mammadov
said.
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are currently on a visit to the region.
They will arrive in Baku for negotiations on March 5.
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.
From: A. Papazian