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US URGES ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN TO RESOLVE CONFLICT OVER DISPUTED LAND
Global Times, China
Nov 20 2013
Xinhua | 2013-11-20 9:18:55
The United States on Tuesday hailed the resumption of talks between
the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, urging the two neighbors to
seek a peaceful resolution of their decade-old territorial conflict
over Nagorno Karabakh.
"The United States welcomes today's meeting between the presidents
of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Vienna," State Department spokeswoman
Jennifer Psaki said in a statement. "Their first meeting in almost two
years, this summit is an important step toward restarting dialogue
and demonstrates the leaders' shared commitment to bring an end to
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a bitter dispute over the
mountainous region which was seized by Armenian-backed forces from
Azerbaijan in 1991. A ceasefire was reached in 1994, and peace talks
have been held ever since, with frequent exchanges of fire taking
place across the frontline.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart
Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting for about two
hours in Vienna, Austria, to discuss the dispute.
The negotiation, mediated by the Minsk Group of the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), marked the first time the
presidents have met in two years.
"As a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group along with Russia and France,
the United States urges both presidents to work actively towards a
peaceful resolution to the conflict, which has taken a heavy toll on
the people on all sides," Psaki said.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/826222.shtml#.Uo0QDT_xvIU
From: A. Papazian
Global Times, China
Nov 20 2013
Xinhua | 2013-11-20 9:18:55
The United States on Tuesday hailed the resumption of talks between
the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, urging the two neighbors to
seek a peaceful resolution of their decade-old territorial conflict
over Nagorno Karabakh.
"The United States welcomes today's meeting between the presidents
of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Vienna," State Department spokeswoman
Jennifer Psaki said in a statement. "Their first meeting in almost two
years, this summit is an important step toward restarting dialogue
and demonstrates the leaders' shared commitment to bring an end to
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a bitter dispute over the
mountainous region which was seized by Armenian-backed forces from
Azerbaijan in 1991. A ceasefire was reached in 1994, and peace talks
have been held ever since, with frequent exchanges of fire taking
place across the frontline.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart
Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting for about two
hours in Vienna, Austria, to discuss the dispute.
The negotiation, mediated by the Minsk Group of the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), marked the first time the
presidents have met in two years.
"As a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group along with Russia and France,
the United States urges both presidents to work actively towards a
peaceful resolution to the conflict, which has taken a heavy toll on
the people on all sides," Psaki said.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/826222.shtml#.Uo0QDT_xvIU
From: A. Papazian