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FRENCH PRESIDENT: OSCE MINSK GROUP TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS
Trend
Nov 12 2012
Azerbaijan
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen will make every effort to resume
the negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh, French President Francois
Hollande said after his meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,
PanARMENIAN.Net. reported.
During the meeting, Serzh Sargsyan invited Francois Hollande to visit
pay a state visit to Armenia in 2013. The French President has accepted
the invitation of the Armenian counterpart.
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
Nov 12 2012
Azerbaijan
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen will make every effort to resume
the negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh, French President Francois
Hollande said after his meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,
PanARMENIAN.Net. reported.
During the meeting, Serzh Sargsyan invited Francois Hollande to visit
pay a state visit to Armenia in 2013. The French President has accepted
the invitation of the Armenian counterpart.
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.