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HOLLANDE HOLDS NAGORNY KARABAKH TALKS WITH ARMENIAN, AZERBAIJAN LEADERS
RFi, France
Oct 28 2014
By RFI
French President Francois Hollande held talks with leaders from
Armenia and Azerbaijan Monday over the disputed region of Nagorny
Karabakh. The two visitnig presidents agreed to exchange information
on people missing due to the long-running conflict.
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and his Armenian counterpart Serzh
Sarkisian have agreed to "exchange data about the missing from the
conflict under the auspices of the International Committee of the
Red Cross," according to the French presidency.
In a private discussion with Aliyev, Hollande broached the case of
human rights activist Leyla Yunus, who was arrested and detained at
the end of July on suspicion that she was spying for Armenia.
Armenian separatists took over Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan in
a war in the 1990s.
A ceasefire was negotiated in 1994 but the two sides never signed a
final agreement.
This is the third round of talks since an upsurge in violence in
August.
Azerbaijan has threatened to take Nagorny Karabakh back by force.
Armenia, which is armed by Russia, says it could defend itself against
any offensive.
France and other mediators are pushing the two sides to compromise,
Gaïdz Minassian of the French Foundation for Strategic Research
told RFI.
Hollande insisted on the "need for an effective drop of tension between
both parties in the conflict" and proposed that the parties could
meet again during the September 2015 UN General Assembly in New York.
http://www.english.rfi.fr/europe/20141028-hollande-holds-talks-leaders-armenia-and-azerbaijan-over-disputed-region
RFi, France
Oct 28 2014
By RFI
French President Francois Hollande held talks with leaders from
Armenia and Azerbaijan Monday over the disputed region of Nagorny
Karabakh. The two visitnig presidents agreed to exchange information
on people missing due to the long-running conflict.
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and his Armenian counterpart Serzh
Sarkisian have agreed to "exchange data about the missing from the
conflict under the auspices of the International Committee of the
Red Cross," according to the French presidency.
In a private discussion with Aliyev, Hollande broached the case of
human rights activist Leyla Yunus, who was arrested and detained at
the end of July on suspicion that she was spying for Armenia.
Armenian separatists took over Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan in
a war in the 1990s.
A ceasefire was negotiated in 1994 but the two sides never signed a
final agreement.
This is the third round of talks since an upsurge in violence in
August.
Azerbaijan has threatened to take Nagorny Karabakh back by force.
Armenia, which is armed by Russia, says it could defend itself against
any offensive.
France and other mediators are pushing the two sides to compromise,
Gaïdz Minassian of the French Foundation for Strategic Research
told RFI.
Hollande insisted on the "need for an effective drop of tension between
both parties in the conflict" and proposed that the parties could
meet again during the September 2015 UN General Assembly in New York.
http://www.english.rfi.fr/europe/20141028-hollande-holds-talks-leaders-armenia-and-azerbaijan-over-disputed-region