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May 11 2014
French president promises to step up efforts to solve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Baku, Azerbaijan, May 11
By Claude Salhani - Trend:
France will do everything in its power to find a peaceful solution to
the current conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, French president
Francois Hollande said in Baku on May 11.
"I come to Azerbaijan as part of a visit to the Caucasus. I am also
going to visit Armenia and Georgia", Hollande told a gathering of
French citizens Sunday night shortly after his arrival for a two-day
official visit.
The French president explained that the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh
remains quite tense at the moment.
"I say the moment, but this conflict has been going on for many years
now," he said.
"The situation remains tense, and there have been tens of thousands of
deaths, and recently there have been some incidents as well. So France
will do everything it possibly can in its capacity as co chair of the
Minsk group, to find a peaceful solution to allow Azerbaijan and
Armenia to settle the issue in peace," the French president said.
"I think it is in the interest of two countries," he concluded.
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.
http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/2272689.html
May 11 2014
French president promises to step up efforts to solve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Baku, Azerbaijan, May 11
By Claude Salhani - Trend:
France will do everything in its power to find a peaceful solution to
the current conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, French president
Francois Hollande said in Baku on May 11.
"I come to Azerbaijan as part of a visit to the Caucasus. I am also
going to visit Armenia and Georgia", Hollande told a gathering of
French citizens Sunday night shortly after his arrival for a two-day
official visit.
The French president explained that the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh
remains quite tense at the moment.
"I say the moment, but this conflict has been going on for many years
now," he said.
"The situation remains tense, and there have been tens of thousands of
deaths, and recently there have been some incidents as well. So France
will do everything it possibly can in its capacity as co chair of the
Minsk group, to find a peaceful solution to allow Azerbaijan and
Armenia to settle the issue in peace," the French president said.
"I think it is in the interest of two countries," he concluded.
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.
http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/2272689.html