EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF RULING YENI AZERBAIJAN PARTY: U.S. EFFORTS IN THE KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE PAST YEAR OF OBAMA'S PRESIDENCY
ARMINFO
Thursday, November 8, 13:50
U.S. efforts in the Karabakh peace process have increased over the
past year of Obama's presidency, says Executive Secretary of ruling
Yeni Azerbaijan party (YAP) Ali Ahmedov, Trend reports.
Ahmedov is sure that official Washington has made evident attempts to
seize the initiative in the process. He thinks that further serious
efforts in the peace process and real steps of the USA will speed up
the conflict's resolution.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out on February 28 1988 in the
Azerbaijani Sumgait with massacre of Armenians as a peculiar response
of Azerbaijanis to the peaceful demand of the Nagorno-Karabakh
autonomous Region, part of the Azerbaijani SSR, to unite with the
Armenian SSR. This resulted in other pogroms of Armenians in Baku,
Kirovabad and other regions of Azerbaijan populated with Armenians. In
1991 Azerbaijan unleashed war against peaceful populations of
Nagorno-Karabakh, expulsing ethnic Armenians from the territory of
Azerbaijan. Dozens of thousands of peaceful residents on both parties
were killed in the military actions, and hundreds of thousands were
left homeless and have become refugees. In 1994 in Bishkek in mediation
of the OSCE MG, the NKR, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Protocol on
Ceasefire that is observed more or less so far. Since 1992 the OSCE
Minsk Group represented by co- chairs from Russia, U.S. and France has
been mediating in resolution of the conflict unleashed by Azerbaijan
in 1988. At present the peace process is based on the Madrid Principles
suggested by the OSCE MG in 2007 in Madrid and renovated in 2009.
ARMINFO
Thursday, November 8, 13:50
U.S. efforts in the Karabakh peace process have increased over the
past year of Obama's presidency, says Executive Secretary of ruling
Yeni Azerbaijan party (YAP) Ali Ahmedov, Trend reports.
Ahmedov is sure that official Washington has made evident attempts to
seize the initiative in the process. He thinks that further serious
efforts in the peace process and real steps of the USA will speed up
the conflict's resolution.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out on February 28 1988 in the
Azerbaijani Sumgait with massacre of Armenians as a peculiar response
of Azerbaijanis to the peaceful demand of the Nagorno-Karabakh
autonomous Region, part of the Azerbaijani SSR, to unite with the
Armenian SSR. This resulted in other pogroms of Armenians in Baku,
Kirovabad and other regions of Azerbaijan populated with Armenians. In
1991 Azerbaijan unleashed war against peaceful populations of
Nagorno-Karabakh, expulsing ethnic Armenians from the territory of
Azerbaijan. Dozens of thousands of peaceful residents on both parties
were killed in the military actions, and hundreds of thousands were
left homeless and have become refugees. In 1994 in Bishkek in mediation
of the OSCE MG, the NKR, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Protocol on
Ceasefire that is observed more or less so far. Since 1992 the OSCE
Minsk Group represented by co- chairs from Russia, U.S. and France has
been mediating in resolution of the conflict unleashed by Azerbaijan
in 1988. At present the peace process is based on the Madrid Principles
suggested by the OSCE MG in 2007 in Madrid and renovated in 2009.