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Sept 14 2013
Embassy: German government not informed about Bundestag member's visit
to Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan, Baku, September 14 /Trend, S.Agayeva/
Bundestag member's visit to Nagorno-Karabakh is of private character
and the federal government was not informed about it, German embassy
to Azerbaijan told Trend commenting on Bundestag member's visit to
Azerbaijani territories under Armenian occupation.
On September 12 Jurgen Klimke, member of the German Bundestag Standing
Committee on Foreign Affairs visited the occupied territories of
Azerbaijan, Armenian Media outlet reported. Within the visit he met
with the separatists of so called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic",
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.
Sept 14 2013
Embassy: German government not informed about Bundestag member's visit
to Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan, Baku, September 14 /Trend, S.Agayeva/
Bundestag member's visit to Nagorno-Karabakh is of private character
and the federal government was not informed about it, German embassy
to Azerbaijan told Trend commenting on Bundestag member's visit to
Azerbaijani territories under Armenian occupation.
On September 12 Jurgen Klimke, member of the German Bundestag Standing
Committee on Foreign Affairs visited the occupied territories of
Azerbaijan, Armenian Media outlet reported. Within the visit he met
with the separatists of so called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic",
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.