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U.S. HOPES FOR MEETING OF AZERBAIJANI, ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS SOON
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
June 17 2014
17 June 2014, 17:47 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
The United States hopes that Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents will
meet soon.
"We hope that it will happen soon. But there are no dates yet at
this point," U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar told
reporters on June 17.
Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsian last time met in Vienna on
November 19 to discuss the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
Morningstar stressed the importance of meeting of the Azerbaijani and
Armenian presidents in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"As I have said many times, the U.S. thinks it is very important
that two presidents continue to meet and talk together about concrete
steps that will finally reach, could finally reach the resolution of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Morningstar stressed.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made
territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
Since a lengthy war in the early 1990s that displaced over one million
Azerbaijanis, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent
of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including
Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions.
The UN Security Council's four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal
have not been enforced to this day.
Peace talks, mediated by Russia, France and the U.S. through the OSCE
Minsk Group, are underway on the basis of a peace outline proposed
by the Minsk Group co-chairs and dubbed the Madrid Principles. The
negotiations have been largely fruitless so far.
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
June 17 2014
17 June 2014, 17:47 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
The United States hopes that Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents will
meet soon.
"We hope that it will happen soon. But there are no dates yet at
this point," U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Richard Morningstar told
reporters on June 17.
Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsian last time met in Vienna on
November 19 to discuss the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
Morningstar stressed the importance of meeting of the Azerbaijani and
Armenian presidents in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"As I have said many times, the U.S. thinks it is very important
that two presidents continue to meet and talk together about concrete
steps that will finally reach, could finally reach the resolution of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Morningstar stressed.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made
territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
Since a lengthy war in the early 1990s that displaced over one million
Azerbaijanis, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent
of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including
Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions.
The UN Security Council's four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal
have not been enforced to this day.
Peace talks, mediated by Russia, France and the U.S. through the OSCE
Minsk Group, are underway on the basis of a peace outline proposed
by the Minsk Group co-chairs and dubbed the Madrid Principles. The
negotiations have been largely fruitless so far.