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  • Baku: U.S. National Intelligence Report: Occupation Of NK By Armenia

    U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE REPORT: OCCUPATION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH BY ARMENIA REMAINS A POTENTIAL FLASHPOINT IN THE REGION

    Trend, Azerbaijan
    March 13 2013

    The standoff between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Armenian-occupied
    Nagorno-Karabakh region remains a potential flashpoint, Director
    of National Intelligence James Clapper said in his report Worldwide
    Threat Assessment to the submitted to the Congress.

    "Heightened rhetoric, distrust on both sides, and recurring violence
    along the Line of Contact increase the risk of miscalculations that
    could escalate the situation with little warning," the report says.

    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.

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