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    Trend, Azerbaijan
    June 8 2013


    Ambassador: U.S. hopes for meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian
    presidents in near future

    8 June 2013, 11:37 (GMT+05:00)

    Azerbaijan, Baku, June 8 / Trend S. Ahmedova/

    The U.S. hopes for the meeting of presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia
    on the regulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in near future, the
    U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar told journalists on
    Saturday in Baku.

    "The U.S. is interested in the resolution of the conflict, what also
    was confirmed in a recent statement of the Secretary of State John
    Kerry, and continue to actively cooperate with both sides of the
    conflict," the ambassador said.

    The OSCE Minsk Group again could not bring the presidents of
    Azerbaijan and Armenia to the negotiating table to resolve the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    As a diplomatic source from one of the Minsk Group delegations told
    ITAR TASS, the next round of talks planned for June 12 in Salzburg
    will not take place.

    According to the source's predictions, "it will be possible to talk
    about such a meeting no earlier than at the end of Summer - beginning
    of Autumn".

    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: A. Papazian
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