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IRANIAN MFA: IRAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN FAVOR OF KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION THROUGH DIALOGUE
19:00 05/03/2013 " REGION
Iran has always been in favor of Karabakh conflict resolution through
dialogue, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast was
quoted as saying by Iran's state-run news agency IRNA.
Referring to a recent statement by former IRGC commander Mohsen Rezaei
that Iran provided Azerbaijan with weaponry during the Karabakh war,
Mehmanparast said, in part, "We are on good terms with our neighboring
countries, and so development of our relations with one neighbor does
not restrict development of our relations with another."
The modern phase of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) conflict
broke out in 1988, when, as a response to the peaceful demand for
self-determination of the people of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh),
annexed to Soviet Azerbaijan in 1921, the Azerbaijani authorities
carried out ethnic cleansing of Armenians - at first in the big cities
of Azerbaijan, and then in Artsakh.
In September 1991 Artsakh declared independence, and, as a result,
Azerbaijan exacerbated the violences and started large-scale military
actions against Artsakh. After number of defeats on the frontlines,
in May 1994 Azerbaijan was forced ask for a cease-fire from the
Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic).
Currently, the negotiations on the settlement of the conflict are
being conducted under the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
(Russia, USA and France), based on the Madrid proposals, presented
in November 2007.
Source: Panorama.am
19:00 05/03/2013 " REGION
Iran has always been in favor of Karabakh conflict resolution through
dialogue, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast was
quoted as saying by Iran's state-run news agency IRNA.
Referring to a recent statement by former IRGC commander Mohsen Rezaei
that Iran provided Azerbaijan with weaponry during the Karabakh war,
Mehmanparast said, in part, "We are on good terms with our neighboring
countries, and so development of our relations with one neighbor does
not restrict development of our relations with another."
The modern phase of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) conflict
broke out in 1988, when, as a response to the peaceful demand for
self-determination of the people of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh),
annexed to Soviet Azerbaijan in 1921, the Azerbaijani authorities
carried out ethnic cleansing of Armenians - at first in the big cities
of Azerbaijan, and then in Artsakh.
In September 1991 Artsakh declared independence, and, as a result,
Azerbaijan exacerbated the violences and started large-scale military
actions against Artsakh. After number of defeats on the frontlines,
in May 1994 Azerbaijan was forced ask for a cease-fire from the
Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic).
Currently, the negotiations on the settlement of the conflict are
being conducted under the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
(Russia, USA and France), based on the Madrid proposals, presented
in November 2007.
Source: Panorama.am