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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AND EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSS NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
Trend, Azerbaijan
May 31 2013
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting with EU Special
Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia
Philippe Lefort during his regional trip in Yerevan on May 31,
News.am. reported today.
According to the Armenian president's press-service, the parties
discussed the dynamically developing relations between Armenia and
the EU, regional processes and issues relating to the settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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.
Trend, Azerbaijan
May 31 2013
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting with EU Special
Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia
Philippe Lefort during his regional trip in Yerevan on May 31,
News.am. reported today.
According to the Armenian president's press-service, the parties
discussed the dynamically developing relations between Armenia and
the EU, regional processes and issues relating to the settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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.