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    UKRAINE URGES TO FINALIZE NAGORNO-KARABAKH RESOLUTION PRINCIPLES

    AzerNews, Azerbaijan
    Aug 28 2013

    28 August 2013, 14:17 (GMT+05:00)

    By Sara Rajabova

    Ukraine, as the country chairing the OSCE, permanently signals
    about the need to finalize basic principles for a settlement of
    the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, to refrain from
    unilateral steps and to stabilize the situation on the troops'
    contact line, Ukraine's Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Kuchta was quoted
    by Armenian media as saying.

    "In addition, our country supports the efforts of the [mediating]
    OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to promote a peaceful solution of the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Kuchta said.

    According to him, the co-chairs have visited Kiev twice within
    six months and during the visits substantial discussions were held
    regarding the process of the conflict settlement.

    In July, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid
    Kozhara said Ukraine will be exceptionally active until the end of
    this year and will be involved in the resolution of the so-called
    'frozen conflicts'.

    The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made
    territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since a lengthy war between
    the two South Caucasus countries that displaced over a million
    Azerbaijanis and ended with the signing of a precarious cease-fire
    in 1994, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of
    Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including the
    Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

    Peace talks brokered by the Minsk Group co-chairs representing the
    United States, Russia and France have been largely fruitless so far.

    The negotiations are underway on the basis of the peace outline dubbed
    the Madrid Principles, also known as Basic Principles. The document
    envisions a return of the territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh
    to Azerbaijani control; determining the final legal status of
    Nagorno-Karabakh; a corridor linking Armenia to the region; and the
    right of all internally displaced persons to return home.

    http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/58671.html

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