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POLITICAL WILL NEEDED FOR SETTLING NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT: EU
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
May 21 2014
21 May 2014, 18:50 (GMT+05:00)
By Jamila Babayeva
The European Union (EU) has made constant efforts at the level of
official and parliamentary diplomacy to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, an EU official said.
The remarks were made by Head of the EU delegation to Armenia Traian
Hristea at public discussions titled "EU Enlargement 10th Anniversary"
in Yerevan on May 21, the Armenian media reported.
Hristea believes that the conflict must be resolved within the working
scope of the OSCE Minsk Group.
"At the same time, I have to stress the support of the EU which tries
to secure a climate of trust. But a political will is needed for the
settlement of the conflict," he noted.
Earlier, Head of the EU's Baku office Malena Mard said even though
the EU is not an OSCE member, EU representatives have repeatedly
expressed their intention to contribute to the rapid settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Saying that maintaining the status quo is in the interests of neither
Azerbaijan nor Armenia, Mard called it "unacceptable".
"The EU supports a rapid settlement of the conflict," she told the
media on May 21.
For over two decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in the
conflict which impedes the development of the region, because Armenia
continues its policy of aggression.
Since a lengthy war in the early 1990s that displaced over one
million Azerbaijanis, the 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 Armenia's 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 peaceful outline
-called Madrid Principle -proposed by the Minsk Group co-chairs. The
negotiations have been largely fruitless so far.
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
May 21 2014
21 May 2014, 18:50 (GMT+05:00)
By Jamila Babayeva
The European Union (EU) has made constant efforts at the level of
official and parliamentary diplomacy to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, an EU official said.
The remarks were made by Head of the EU delegation to Armenia Traian
Hristea at public discussions titled "EU Enlargement 10th Anniversary"
in Yerevan on May 21, the Armenian media reported.
Hristea believes that the conflict must be resolved within the working
scope of the OSCE Minsk Group.
"At the same time, I have to stress the support of the EU which tries
to secure a climate of trust. But a political will is needed for the
settlement of the conflict," he noted.
Earlier, Head of the EU's Baku office Malena Mard said even though
the EU is not an OSCE member, EU representatives have repeatedly
expressed their intention to contribute to the rapid settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Saying that maintaining the status quo is in the interests of neither
Azerbaijan nor Armenia, Mard called it "unacceptable".
"The EU supports a rapid settlement of the conflict," she told the
media on May 21.
For over two decades, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in the
conflict which impedes the development of the region, because Armenia
continues its policy of aggression.
Since a lengthy war in the early 1990s that displaced over one
million Azerbaijanis, the 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 Armenia's 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 peaceful outline
-called Madrid Principle -proposed by the Minsk Group co-chairs. The
negotiations have been largely fruitless so far.