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Press TV, Iran
Aug 9 2014
Russia mulls holding trilateral meeting on Karabakh
Moscow says it is considering hosting a trilateral meeting between the
presidents of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijani to discuss the conflict
over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian President Vladimir
Putin as well as his Azeri and Armenian counterparts Ilham Aliyev and
Serzh Sargsyan were expected to attend a sports event in the Russian
city of Sochi on Sunday following Putin's separate meetings with the
two men the day before.
"We do not exclude that the three-party meeting will be held tomorrow
(Sunday) afternoon," added the Russian official.
Over the past days, tensions have been running high around
Nagorno-Karabakh, which is claimed by both Armenia and Azerbaijan. The
territory is largely populated by Armenians but located in Azerbaijan.
Baku said earlier this week that at least 15 Azeri soldiers had been
killed in multiple confrontations with ethnic Armenians on the Line of
Contact in the disputed region, while Yerevan announced it had lost
five men.
Peskov further said all sides have expressed concern over the
simmering tensions in recent days, adding that "the situation is
indeed turbulent and unstable. The efforts are being taken now in
order to reverse it."
Earlier on Saturday, the Russian leader held separate talks with his
Azeri and Armenian opposite numbers over the growing conflict.
Ethnic Armenian forces took control of the disputed enclave, which
accounts for 16 percent of Azerbaijan, in the early 1990s during a
six-year war with the country. The war 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.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/09/374701/russia-mulls-3way-meeting-on-karabakh/
Aug 9 2014
Russia mulls holding trilateral meeting on Karabakh
Moscow says it is considering hosting a trilateral meeting between the
presidents of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijani to discuss the conflict
over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian President Vladimir
Putin as well as his Azeri and Armenian counterparts Ilham Aliyev and
Serzh Sargsyan were expected to attend a sports event in the Russian
city of Sochi on Sunday following Putin's separate meetings with the
two men the day before.
"We do not exclude that the three-party meeting will be held tomorrow
(Sunday) afternoon," added the Russian official.
Over the past days, tensions have been running high around
Nagorno-Karabakh, which is claimed by both Armenia and Azerbaijan. The
territory is largely populated by Armenians but located in Azerbaijan.
Baku said earlier this week that at least 15 Azeri soldiers had been
killed in multiple confrontations with ethnic Armenians on the Line of
Contact in the disputed region, while Yerevan announced it had lost
five men.
Peskov further said all sides have expressed concern over the
simmering tensions in recent days, adding that "the situation is
indeed turbulent and unstable. The efforts are being taken now in
order to reverse it."
Earlier on Saturday, the Russian leader held separate talks with his
Azeri and Armenian opposite numbers over the growing conflict.
Ethnic Armenian forces took control of the disputed enclave, which
accounts for 16 percent of Azerbaijan, in the early 1990s during a
six-year war with the country. The war 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.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/09/374701/russia-mulls-3way-meeting-on-karabakh/