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FRANCE SAYS ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN TO HOLD MORE TALKS ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Oct 28 2014
PARIS -Agence France-Presse
French President Francois Hollande (L) welcomes Armenian President
Serge Sarkissian, on Oct. 27. AFP Photo
Armenian and Azeri leaders have agreed to pursue talks over the
disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region after resuming direct contacts at
a meeting in Paris on Monday, the French government said.
"Status quo is not sustainable," the office of French President
Francois Hollande said after he hosted talks between Azerbaijan's
Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Serzh Sargsyan, following an increase in
clashes over the region during the summer.
The two leaders agreed to exchange information about people who
have gone missing in the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, Hollande's
office said.
Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh first erupted in 1991, when the Soviet
Union broke up. A ceasefire was called in 1994 after more than 30,000
people were killed in the fighting. The two sides have regularly
traded accusations of further violence around the region and along
the Azeri-Armenian border.
The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan "have agreed to continue
the dialogue, in particular with a new meeting in September 2015
in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York,"
Hollande's office said.
Energy-producing Azerbaijan, host to oil majors including BP, Chevron
and Exxon Mobil, frequently threatens to take Nagorno-Karabakh back
by force and is spending heavily on its armed forces.
Russia, like France, is one of the sponsors of international efforts
to find a solution to the conflict. In August, Russian President
Vladimir Putin had hosted a meeting between the two heads of state,
after more than a dozen people were killed in clashes.
The meeting had given him a chance to play a peacekeeping role in
the former Soviet Union at a time when the West is accusing Moscow
of backing pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.
October/27/2014
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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Oct 28 2014
PARIS -Agence France-Presse
French President Francois Hollande (L) welcomes Armenian President
Serge Sarkissian, on Oct. 27. AFP Photo
Armenian and Azeri leaders have agreed to pursue talks over the
disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region after resuming direct contacts at
a meeting in Paris on Monday, the French government said.
"Status quo is not sustainable," the office of French President
Francois Hollande said after he hosted talks between Azerbaijan's
Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Serzh Sargsyan, following an increase in
clashes over the region during the summer.
The two leaders agreed to exchange information about people who
have gone missing in the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, Hollande's
office said.
Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh first erupted in 1991, when the Soviet
Union broke up. A ceasefire was called in 1994 after more than 30,000
people were killed in the fighting. The two sides have regularly
traded accusations of further violence around the region and along
the Azeri-Armenian border.
The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan "have agreed to continue
the dialogue, in particular with a new meeting in September 2015
in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York,"
Hollande's office said.
Energy-producing Azerbaijan, host to oil majors including BP, Chevron
and Exxon Mobil, frequently threatens to take Nagorno-Karabakh back
by force and is spending heavily on its armed forces.
Russia, like France, is one of the sponsors of international efforts
to find a solution to the conflict. In August, Russian President
Vladimir Putin had hosted a meeting between the two heads of state,
after more than a dozen people were killed in clashes.
The meeting had given him a chance to play a peacekeeping role in
the former Soviet Union at a time when the West is accusing Moscow
of backing pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.
October/27/2014
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/france-says-armenia-azerbaijan-to-hold-more-talks-on-nagorno-karabakh.aspx?pageID=238&nID=73541&NewsCatID=359