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Sept 3 2014
Armenia, OSCE discuss situation in Nagorno-Karabakh
Yerevan hosted a meeting between Armenian Defense Minister Seyran
Ohanyan and OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative Andrzej
Kasprzyk, news.am reported with reference to the Defense Ministry.
The sides discussed the situation on the contact line of Azerbaijani
and Armenian troops and issues relating to the strengthening of mutual
trust.
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 four U.N. Security Council resolutions
on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
Sept 3 2014
Armenia, OSCE discuss situation in Nagorno-Karabakh
Yerevan hosted a meeting between Armenian Defense Minister Seyran
Ohanyan and OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative Andrzej
Kasprzyk, news.am reported with reference to the Defense Ministry.
The sides discussed the situation on the contact line of Azerbaijani
and Armenian troops and issues relating to the strengthening of mutual
trust.
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 four U.N. Security Council resolutions
on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.