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    KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT TO BOOST REGIONAL COOP: ENVOY

    AzerNews, Azerbaijan
    Oct 15 2013

    15 October 2013, 10:34 (GMT+05:00)

    By Sara Rajabova

    Resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    will open up new opportunities for regional cooperation and will
    bring lasting stability and prosperity to the region, Azerbaijani
    ambassador to the United Kingdom Fakhraddin Gurbanov said in his
    letter addressed to "The Economist" magazine in response to the article
    "Nagorno-Karabakh: a festering wound" published on October 4.

    Gurbanov said that the continued occupation of the Azerbaijani
    territory by Armenian forces threatens peace and stability in the
    South Caucasus region, the Azerbaijani embassy in London reported.

    In general, this is a source of instability for the future of the
    region , he said.

    The ambassador also said that it is necessary for the Armenian Armed
    Forces to withdraw from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and
    return all displaced people home. This is important in resolving
    the conflict.

    The settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    will open up new opportunities for regional cooperation and will bring
    lasting stability and prosperity to the region, Azerbaijani ambassador
    to the United Kingdom Fakhraddin Gurbanov's letter sent to the "The
    Economist" magazine in response to the article "Nagorno-Karabakh:
    a festering wound" , published on its website on October 4.

    Gurbanov stressed that the continued occupation of Azerbaijani
    territory by Armenian forces threatens peace and stability in the
    South Caucasus region.

    He added that in general, this is a source of instability for the
    future of the region, the Azerbaijani embassy in London told Trend
    today.

    Gurbanov also noted that it is necessary for the Armenian Armed Forces
    to withdraw from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and return
    all displaced people home.

    This is important in resolving the conflict, Gurbanov concluded.

    For over two decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in
    conflict which emerged over Armenia's territorial claims against its
    South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian
    armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory,
    including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. A fragile
    ceasefire has been in place since 1994, but long-standing efforts by
    US, Russian and French mediators have been largely fruitless so far.

    Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
    resolutions on its pullout from the neighboring country's territories.

    Peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group have produced no results
    so far.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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