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UK CALLS FOR PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Dec 5 2013
5 December 2013, 13:12 (GMT+04:00)
By Sara Rajabova
A member of the UK-Azerbaijani inter-parliamentary group said the
United Kingdom continues to call for a peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"The UK government rightly continues to urge both sides and all
players to use diplomatic means to achieve a peaceful settlement
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and calls on them to refrain from
behavior and rhetoric that could lead to an increase in tension,"
Christopher Pincher said in an interview published in The Independent
and German Die Welt.
Pincher said the UK strongly supports the OSCE Minsk Group efforts
to mediate in talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan for finding a
peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
He said the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry recently made some
positive comments on the progress in the conflict, although these
observations are difficult to interpret.
Pincher urged the two sides to be more open in the Minsk process,
which is known for its secrecy.
Pincher said he understands that diplomacy requires great
punctiliousness, but he believes that perhaps a little more
transparency could be helpful for the negation process.
He said thousands of Azerbaijanis, a whole generation, forced to
live in camps designated to internally displaced people throughout
Azerbaijan, as they cannot return to their homes because of the
conflict with Armenia.
Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing
efforts by US, Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless
so far.
As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000
Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost
100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.
Four UN Security Council resolutions, and similar statements from the
EU, NATO and Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which have called
for the withdrawal of Armenian forces have so far gone unanswered.
Peace talks mediated by Russia, France and the US have also produced
no results so far.
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Dec 5 2013
5 December 2013, 13:12 (GMT+04:00)
By Sara Rajabova
A member of the UK-Azerbaijani inter-parliamentary group said the
United Kingdom continues to call for a peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"The UK government rightly continues to urge both sides and all
players to use diplomatic means to achieve a peaceful settlement
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and calls on them to refrain from
behavior and rhetoric that could lead to an increase in tension,"
Christopher Pincher said in an interview published in The Independent
and German Die Welt.
Pincher said the UK strongly supports the OSCE Minsk Group efforts
to mediate in talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan for finding a
peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
He said the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry recently made some
positive comments on the progress in the conflict, although these
observations are difficult to interpret.
Pincher urged the two sides to be more open in the Minsk process,
which is known for its secrecy.
Pincher said he understands that diplomacy requires great
punctiliousness, but he believes that perhaps a little more
transparency could be helpful for the negation process.
He said thousands of Azerbaijanis, a whole generation, forced to
live in camps designated to internally displaced people throughout
Azerbaijan, as they cannot return to their homes because of the
conflict with Armenia.
Armenia occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
regions, after laying territorial claims against its South Caucasus
neighbor that caused a brutal war in the early 1990s. Long-standing
efforts by US, Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless
so far.
As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000
Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost
100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.
Four UN Security Council resolutions, and similar statements from the
EU, NATO and Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which have called
for the withdrawal of Armenian forces have so far gone unanswered.
Peace talks mediated by Russia, France and the US have also produced
no results so far.