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DESCRIPTION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT AS FROZEN CONFLICT MISLEADING
Trend, Azerbaijan
Feb 12 2014
Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb.12
By Elmira Tariverdiyeva - Trend:
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is sometimes described as a frozen
conflict and this is misleading, as the ceasefire breaches on the
contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops continue, the UK
Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds said yesterday in a debate on
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the UK parliament.
The UK is concerned by the on-going ceasefire breaches along
both the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as on the
Armenia-Azerbaijan border, Simmonds said, according to the official
page in a social network of the UK embassy in Azerbaijan.
In his speech, Mark Simmonds said that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
continues to hamper development in both Armenia and Azerbaijan and
causes further instability in an already troubled South Caucasus
region.
The UK strongly supports the work of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group-led peace process, Simmonds said.
The Co-Chairs work hard to facilitate progress and the international
community stands ready to provide further support, according to
Simmonds.
The Minister also urged both sides to exercise restraint and assured
the British government is committed to doing everything it can to
foster efforts towards resolution of the conflict.
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 Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding
regions.
Edited by C.N.
Trend, Azerbaijan
Feb 12 2014
Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb.12
By Elmira Tariverdiyeva - Trend:
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is sometimes described as a frozen
conflict and this is misleading, as the ceasefire breaches on the
contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops continue, the UK
Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds said yesterday in a debate on
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the UK parliament.
The UK is concerned by the on-going ceasefire breaches along
both the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as on the
Armenia-Azerbaijan border, Simmonds said, according to the official
page in a social network of the UK embassy in Azerbaijan.
In his speech, Mark Simmonds said that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
continues to hamper development in both Armenia and Azerbaijan and
causes further instability in an already troubled South Caucasus
region.
The UK strongly supports the work of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group-led peace process, Simmonds said.
The Co-Chairs work hard to facilitate progress and the international
community stands ready to provide further support, according to
Simmonds.
The Minister also urged both sides to exercise restraint and assured
the British government is committed to doing everything it can to
foster efforts towards resolution of the conflict.
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 Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding
regions.
Edited by C.N.