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June 28, 2014 Saturday 12:18 PM GMT +4
Azerbaijan opposes discussion of report on control over armed forces
at OSCE PA meeting
Baku, Azerbaijan, June 28
By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:
Azerbaijani delegation opposed the discussion of the report "Control
over Armed Forces and Venetian document", which does not reflect the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, at the meeting of the Standing Committee of
the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Baku on June 28.
The head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the OSCE PA Bahar Muradova
spoke against the document. She noted that the OSCE PA must
demonstrate a specific position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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.
The above mentioned report did say that the regional conflicts pose
additional challenges for the OSCE, and widely covers Russia's
occupation of the Crimea. The report also emphasized that the
unilateral annexation of the Crimea by Russia threatens all
international norms and sovereignty of independent countries.
The report however does not include the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno
Karabakh conflict, as well as conflicts in Georgia and Moldova.
June 28, 2014 Saturday 12:18 PM GMT +4
Azerbaijan opposes discussion of report on control over armed forces
at OSCE PA meeting
Baku, Azerbaijan, June 28
By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:
Azerbaijani delegation opposed the discussion of the report "Control
over Armed Forces and Venetian document", which does not reflect the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, at the meeting of the Standing Committee of
the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Baku on June 28.
The head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the OSCE PA Bahar Muradova
spoke against the document. She noted that the OSCE PA must
demonstrate a specific position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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.
The above mentioned report did say that the regional conflicts pose
additional challenges for the OSCE, and widely covers Russia's
occupation of the Crimea. The report also emphasized that the
unilateral annexation of the Crimea by Russia threatens all
international norms and sovereignty of independent countries.
The report however does not include the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno
Karabakh conflict, as well as conflicts in Georgia and Moldova.