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Sept 4 2014
Kerry Concerned with Violence Over Nagorno-Karabakh
VOA News
September 04, 2014 10:19 PM
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is urging the presidents of Armenia
and Azerbaijan to enter into a sustained peace process to settle the
long-standing dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Kerry met with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azeri President
Ilham Aliyev Thursday at the NATO summit in Wales.
The State Department said Kerry expressed concern regarding last
month's fighting that killed at least 12 soldiers. He called on both
presidents to strictly respect the 1994 cease-fire.
The U.S. believes normalized relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan
will being peace and prosperity to the peoples of both countries and
stability in the South Caucasus.
Nagorno-Karabakh is an ethnic Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan. It
declared independence in 1992.
Fighting over the region killed about 30,000 people before a 1992
cease-fire. A peace treaty has never been signed and tensions between
both sides occasionally boil over into violence.
http://www.voanews.com/content/kerry-concerned-nagorno-karabakh-violence/2439390.html
Sept 4 2014
Kerry Concerned with Violence Over Nagorno-Karabakh
VOA News
September 04, 2014 10:19 PM
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is urging the presidents of Armenia
and Azerbaijan to enter into a sustained peace process to settle the
long-standing dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh.
Kerry met with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azeri President
Ilham Aliyev Thursday at the NATO summit in Wales.
The State Department said Kerry expressed concern regarding last
month's fighting that killed at least 12 soldiers. He called on both
presidents to strictly respect the 1994 cease-fire.
The U.S. believes normalized relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan
will being peace and prosperity to the peoples of both countries and
stability in the South Caucasus.
Nagorno-Karabakh is an ethnic Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan. It
declared independence in 1992.
Fighting over the region killed about 30,000 people before a 1992
cease-fire. A peace treaty has never been signed and tensions between
both sides occasionally boil over into violence.
http://www.voanews.com/content/kerry-concerned-nagorno-karabakh-violence/2439390.html