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Fars News Agency, Iran
July 14 2013
Iran Reiterates Peaceful Settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran once again underlined that the territorial dispute
between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh region must be
solved through political ways, adding that Tehran is ready to step
forward for mediation between the two Central Asian nations.
Iran's Ambassador to Baku Mohsen Pakayeen said that the
Nagorno-Karabakh dispute is intermingled with the security of the
regional countries, adding that Tehran is ready to mediate between
Azerbaijan and Armenia for the peaceful settlement of this territorial
issue.
`If the two countries are willing, Iran, as an influential country in
the region, the chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the
also an active member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
(OIC), will enter negotiations with the countries in question and will
present its views on the resolution of the dispute,' he said.
Despite facing strong international pressure, the Armenian and
Azerbaijani leaders have failed to agree on the basic principles of
ending the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict put forward by Russia, the United
States, and France in 2011.
Armenia and Azerbaijan thus remain officially at war over
Nagorno-Karabakh and the dispute is a major source of tension in the
South Caucasus region wedged between Iran, Russia and Turkey.
No country - not even Armenia - officially recognizes Karabakh as an
independent state.
The mountainous rebel region has been controlled by ethnic Armenians
since it broke free of Baku's control after a fierce war in the early
1990s that killed 30,000 people.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920423000857
July 14 2013
Iran Reiterates Peaceful Settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh Dispute
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran once again underlined that the territorial dispute
between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh region must be
solved through political ways, adding that Tehran is ready to step
forward for mediation between the two Central Asian nations.
Iran's Ambassador to Baku Mohsen Pakayeen said that the
Nagorno-Karabakh dispute is intermingled with the security of the
regional countries, adding that Tehran is ready to mediate between
Azerbaijan and Armenia for the peaceful settlement of this territorial
issue.
`If the two countries are willing, Iran, as an influential country in
the region, the chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the
also an active member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
(OIC), will enter negotiations with the countries in question and will
present its views on the resolution of the dispute,' he said.
Despite facing strong international pressure, the Armenian and
Azerbaijani leaders have failed to agree on the basic principles of
ending the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict put forward by Russia, the United
States, and France in 2011.
Armenia and Azerbaijan thus remain officially at war over
Nagorno-Karabakh and the dispute is a major source of tension in the
South Caucasus region wedged between Iran, Russia and Turkey.
No country - not even Armenia - officially recognizes Karabakh as an
independent state.
The mountainous rebel region has been controlled by ethnic Armenians
since it broke free of Baku's control after a fierce war in the early
1990s that killed 30,000 people.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920423000857