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Press TV, Iran
Aug 3 2014
Iran urges Armenia-Azerbaijan dialog over disputed area
Iran has called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to hold talks and reach an
agreement following a sharp escalation of fighting between the two
countries over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Sunday that
the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia has no "military
solution."
She expressed regret over the killing of Azeri soldiers in the recent
military conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia and said Iran is
concerned about skirmishes between the two sides.
Afkham invited both Armenia and Azerbaijan to exercise restraint.
The Iranian spokeswoman's remarks came as at least 15 people have been
killed in skirmishes between Azeri government forces and ethnic
Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh enclave in a flare-up of violence over
the last few days.
The two ex-Soviet Caucasus nations claim the territory of
Nagorno-Karabakh, which is largely populated by Armenians.
Ethnic Armenian forces took control of the enclave, which accounts for
16 percent of Azerbaijan, in the early 1990s during a six-year war
with the country that took place from February 1988 to May 1994.
The conflict left an estimated 30,000 people dead and one million
displaced before the two sides agreed to a ceasefire in 1994. However,
a peace accord has never been signed and the dispute still remains
unsettled.
Iran has on several occasions offered to intervene in the dispute.
SF/HMV
Aug 3 2014
Iran urges Armenia-Azerbaijan dialog over disputed area
Iran has called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to hold talks and reach an
agreement following a sharp escalation of fighting between the two
countries over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Sunday that
the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia has no "military
solution."
She expressed regret over the killing of Azeri soldiers in the recent
military conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia and said Iran is
concerned about skirmishes between the two sides.
Afkham invited both Armenia and Azerbaijan to exercise restraint.
The Iranian spokeswoman's remarks came as at least 15 people have been
killed in skirmishes between Azeri government forces and ethnic
Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh enclave in a flare-up of violence over
the last few days.
The two ex-Soviet Caucasus nations claim the territory of
Nagorno-Karabakh, which is largely populated by Armenians.
Ethnic Armenian forces took control of the enclave, which accounts for
16 percent of Azerbaijan, in the early 1990s during a six-year war
with the country that took place from February 1988 to May 1994.
The conflict left an estimated 30,000 people dead and one million
displaced before the two sides agreed to a ceasefire in 1994. However,
a peace accord has never been signed and the dispute still remains
unsettled.
Iran has on several occasions offered to intervene in the dispute.
SF/HMV