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Islamic Republic News Agency IRNA, Iran
April11 2014
President Aliyev hails Tehran stance on Karabakh
Tehran
Visiting President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan here on Wednesday
praised TehranË?s fair stance on Karabakh issue.
Speaking in a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart
Hassan Rouhani, the Azeri president said Baku attaches great
importance to TehranË?s support for the issue of Karabakh.
Karabakh is a geographic region in southwestern Azerbaijan
internationally recognized as part of that country. Since the end of
the Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994, representatives of the governments
of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been holding peace talks mediated by
the OSCE Minsk Group on the regionË?s disputed status.
President Alyev who arrived here this morning at the invitation of
President rouhani, stressed the need to maintain AzerbaijanË?s
territorial integrity.
The Nagorno-Karabakh dispute flared up in 1988, when the region's
predominantly ethnic Armenian population began large-scale protests
against Azerbaijani rule, seeking first to become part of Armenia and
later declaring independence. A war ensued in the early 1990s, ending
in 1994 with a shaky ceasefire that failed to resolve the conflict.
Azerbaijan insists on control over Nagorno-Karabakh to maintain its
territorial integrity.
President Aliyev said that TehranË?s approach towards the Karabakh
issue was fair and well-founded.
Earlier in the day, President Rouhani voiced TehranË?s readiness to
help solve regional problems including that of the Karabakh region
within the frameworks of international laws and justice.
From: A. Papazian
April11 2014
President Aliyev hails Tehran stance on Karabakh
Tehran
Visiting President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan here on Wednesday
praised TehranË?s fair stance on Karabakh issue.
Speaking in a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart
Hassan Rouhani, the Azeri president said Baku attaches great
importance to TehranË?s support for the issue of Karabakh.
Karabakh is a geographic region in southwestern Azerbaijan
internationally recognized as part of that country. Since the end of
the Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994, representatives of the governments
of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been holding peace talks mediated by
the OSCE Minsk Group on the regionË?s disputed status.
President Alyev who arrived here this morning at the invitation of
President rouhani, stressed the need to maintain AzerbaijanË?s
territorial integrity.
The Nagorno-Karabakh dispute flared up in 1988, when the region's
predominantly ethnic Armenian population began large-scale protests
against Azerbaijani rule, seeking first to become part of Armenia and
later declaring independence. A war ensued in the early 1990s, ending
in 1994 with a shaky ceasefire that failed to resolve the conflict.
Azerbaijan insists on control over Nagorno-Karabakh to maintain its
territorial integrity.
President Aliyev said that TehranË?s approach towards the Karabakh
issue was fair and well-founded.
Earlier in the day, President Rouhani voiced TehranË?s readiness to
help solve regional problems including that of the Karabakh region
within the frameworks of international laws and justice.
From: A. Papazian