Tweet
Trend, Azerbaijan
Oct 15 2012
FM: Azerbaijan appreciates support of ECO in Nagorno-Karabakh issue
Azerbaijan, Baku, 15 October / Trend S.Agayeva /
Azerbaijan has set a goal and makes every effort to give impetus to
the development of the ECO, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov said at a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers
(CFM) of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO).
The Azerbaijani priorities will be in such areas as the economy, trade
and transportation projects.
"The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains the main problem for the
region. We have no concrete results on the resolution of the
conflict," he said.
Foreign Minister thanked all the ECO members for their support on the
issue of Nagorno-Karabakh, Mammadyarov said.
The Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) is a regional
intergovernmental economic body established in 1985 by the countries
of Central Asia and the Middle East and is the successor of the
Regional Cooperation for Development which acted on the basis of the
Charter - the Izmir Treaty, signed by three founding countries - Iran,
Pakistan and Turkey on March 12, 1977.
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.
Oct 15 2012
FM: Azerbaijan appreciates support of ECO in Nagorno-Karabakh issue
Azerbaijan, Baku, 15 October / Trend S.Agayeva /
Azerbaijan has set a goal and makes every effort to give impetus to
the development of the ECO, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov said at a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers
(CFM) of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO).
The Azerbaijani priorities will be in such areas as the economy, trade
and transportation projects.
"The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains the main problem for the
region. We have no concrete results on the resolution of the
conflict," he said.
Foreign Minister thanked all the ECO members for their support on the
issue of Nagorno-Karabakh, Mammadyarov said.
The Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) is a regional
intergovernmental economic body established in 1985 by the countries
of Central Asia and the Middle East and is the successor of the
Regional Cooperation for Development which acted on the basis of the
Charter - the Izmir Treaty, signed by three founding countries - Iran,
Pakistan and Turkey on March 12, 1977.
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.