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UK BELIEVES IN PEACEFUL NAGORNO-KARABAKH SETTLEMENT: MP
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Nov 4 2013
4 November 2013, 16:36 (GMT+04:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Great Britain believes in the peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, a British MP told journalists in Baku
November 4.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict causes instability in the region,
member of the House of Lords of the British Parliament and Chairman
of Global Counsel Peter Mandelson said.
"Eliminating this instability through a peaceful settlement of the
conflict between the parties is of great importance," Mandelson said.
"This mission was entrusted to the OSCE Minsk Group and we hope its
efforts in this direction will be successful," he added.
Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts from
Azerbaijan in a war that followed the Soviet breakup in 1991. More than
20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and nearly 1 million were displaced
by the war.
Large-scale hostilities ended with a Russia-brokered ceasefire in
1994, but Armenia has continued its occupation in defiance of four
UN Security Council resolutions that call for an immediate and
unconditional withdrawal.
Peace talks mediated by Russia, France, and the US have produced no
results so far.
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Nov 4 2013
4 November 2013, 16:36 (GMT+04:00)
By Sara Rajabova
Great Britain believes in the peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, a British MP told journalists in Baku
November 4.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict causes instability in the region,
member of the House of Lords of the British Parliament and Chairman
of Global Counsel Peter Mandelson said.
"Eliminating this instability through a peaceful settlement of the
conflict between the parties is of great importance," Mandelson said.
"This mission was entrusted to the OSCE Minsk Group and we hope its
efforts in this direction will be successful," he added.
Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts from
Azerbaijan in a war that followed the Soviet breakup in 1991. More than
20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and nearly 1 million were displaced
by the war.
Large-scale hostilities ended with a Russia-brokered ceasefire in
1994, but Armenia has continued its occupation in defiance of four
UN Security Council resolutions that call for an immediate and
unconditional withdrawal.
Peace talks mediated by Russia, France, and the US have produced no
results so far.