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Trend News Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News
September 18, 2012 Tuesday
Top official: Resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to be priority
issue during Azerbaijani and French presidents' meeting
by E. Mehdiyev, Trend News Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan
Sept. 18--The resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be a
priority issue at the upcoming meeting of Azerbaijani and French
presidents, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Social and
Political Department Head Ali Hasanov said, commenting on the current
visit of Azerbaijani President to France.
Hasanov noted that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains a priority
during all the visits and meetings of Azerbaijani President with other
countries' presidents.
"France is a co-chair country of the OSCE Minsk Group, and during the
meeting with this country's president, the Nagorno-Karabakh problem,
as well as situation and prospects of conflict regulation, processes
happening around the conflict, Azerbaijan's position and OSCE Minsk
group's activity and future steps will be discussed," Hasanov said.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is on a working visit in France since Monday.
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.
From: Baghdasarian
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News
September 18, 2012 Tuesday
Top official: Resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to be priority
issue during Azerbaijani and French presidents' meeting
by E. Mehdiyev, Trend News Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan
Sept. 18--The resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be a
priority issue at the upcoming meeting of Azerbaijani and French
presidents, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Social and
Political Department Head Ali Hasanov said, commenting on the current
visit of Azerbaijani President to France.
Hasanov noted that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains a priority
during all the visits and meetings of Azerbaijani President with other
countries' presidents.
"France is a co-chair country of the OSCE Minsk Group, and during the
meeting with this country's president, the Nagorno-Karabakh problem,
as well as situation and prospects of conflict regulation, processes
happening around the conflict, Azerbaijan's position and OSCE Minsk
group's activity and future steps will be discussed," Hasanov said.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is on a working visit in France since Monday.
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.
From: Baghdasarian