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RUSSIA INTERESTED IN RAPID SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
Trend, Azerbaijan
June 24 2014
Bilaterally and as a co-chairing country of the OSCE Minsk
Group, Russia is interested in the rapid settlement of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov said on June 23, News-Armenia reported.
"There is a basis for solving the problem," Lavrov said at a joint
press-conference with Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian on
June 23. "There are principles and it is important that they are
consistent. It is necessary to work out the actual implementation
parameters and the sequence of settlement."
Lavrov said that Russia will seek to continue a direct dialogue
between the presidents.
"Russia will support any efforts that will bring a solution to the
conflict," he added. "The French colleagues promote ideas that will
allow implementing all principles of the settlement."
Lavrov also stressed that Russia is ready to exert every effort.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in
1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a
result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.
The two countries 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 the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Trend, Azerbaijan
June 24 2014
Bilaterally and as a co-chairing country of the OSCE Minsk
Group, Russia is interested in the rapid settlement of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov said on June 23, News-Armenia reported.
"There is a basis for solving the problem," Lavrov said at a joint
press-conference with Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian on
June 23. "There are principles and it is important that they are
consistent. It is necessary to work out the actual implementation
parameters and the sequence of settlement."
Lavrov said that Russia will seek to continue a direct dialogue
between the presidents.
"Russia will support any efforts that will bring a solution to the
conflict," he added. "The French colleagues promote ideas that will
allow implementing all principles of the settlement."
Lavrov also stressed that Russia is ready to exert every effort.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in
1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a
result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.
The two countries 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 the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.