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NO CO-OP ISSUES DISCUSSED BETWEEN EU SPECIAL REP, KARABAKH SEPARATISTS
Trend Daily News (Azerbaijan)
February 11, 2015 Wednesday 4:09 PM GMT +4
Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb.11
By Seba Aghayeva - Trend:
Cooperation was not discussed during the meeting between EU Special
Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Herbert
Salber and the so-called foreign minister of the separatist regime
in Nagorno-Karabakh, Karen Mirzoyan, EU Delegation to Azerbaijan told
Trend on Feb.11.
It was the first meeting of Salber with the representatives of the
separatist regime, said the EU Delegation.
"It was solely focused on initiating a dialogue. Such thing as
cooperation was never discussed."
Herbert Salber met with the so-called foreign minister of the
separatist regime in Nagorno-Karabakh, Karen Mirzoyan on Feb.10.
"We will surely continue such type of dialogue, such types of contacts
that we had today," Armenian media quoted Salber as saying during
that meeting. "It was my first meeting with the representative of
Nagorno-Karabakh. We will continue this dialogue and will see which
ways can be found for continuing our contacts."
The EU Delegation said that Azerbaijani authorities were well aware
of such a meeting being prepared, as it was discussed with them on
previous occasions, for instance during the last visit of the EU
special representative to Baku in mid-January 2015.
EU Delegation added that the EU special representative has always
been meeting with representatives of the IDPs in Baku.
"The EU special representative finds it important to listen to all
sides, to get acquainted with their positions," said the EU delegation
to Azerbaijan. "All contacts are also useful to underline EU's support
for the efforts undertaken by the OSCE Minsk Group."
Commenting on the mentioned meeting, the spokesperson of Azerbaijani
Foreign Ministry Hikmet Hajiyev told Trend on Feb.10 that the EU can
play a role in promoting contacts between the Azerbaijani and Armenian
communities of Nagorno-Karabakh.
"Armenians living in Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region are also
Azerbaijani citizens," said the spokesperson.
"During his visit to Azerbaijan in October 2014, Salber met with the
representatives of the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh and
became familiar with their views on the conflict's settlement."
Azerbaijani side has repeatedly said that contacts are needed
between the Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Azerbaijan's
Nagorno-Karabakh region and EU can pay a role in promoting such
contacts, according to Hajiyev.
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 US are currently
holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Edited by SI
Trend Daily News (Azerbaijan)
February 11, 2015 Wednesday 4:09 PM GMT +4
Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb.11
By Seba Aghayeva - Trend:
Cooperation was not discussed during the meeting between EU Special
Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Herbert
Salber and the so-called foreign minister of the separatist regime
in Nagorno-Karabakh, Karen Mirzoyan, EU Delegation to Azerbaijan told
Trend on Feb.11.
It was the first meeting of Salber with the representatives of the
separatist regime, said the EU Delegation.
"It was solely focused on initiating a dialogue. Such thing as
cooperation was never discussed."
Herbert Salber met with the so-called foreign minister of the
separatist regime in Nagorno-Karabakh, Karen Mirzoyan on Feb.10.
"We will surely continue such type of dialogue, such types of contacts
that we had today," Armenian media quoted Salber as saying during
that meeting. "It was my first meeting with the representative of
Nagorno-Karabakh. We will continue this dialogue and will see which
ways can be found for continuing our contacts."
The EU Delegation said that Azerbaijani authorities were well aware
of such a meeting being prepared, as it was discussed with them on
previous occasions, for instance during the last visit of the EU
special representative to Baku in mid-January 2015.
EU Delegation added that the EU special representative has always
been meeting with representatives of the IDPs in Baku.
"The EU special representative finds it important to listen to all
sides, to get acquainted with their positions," said the EU delegation
to Azerbaijan. "All contacts are also useful to underline EU's support
for the efforts undertaken by the OSCE Minsk Group."
Commenting on the mentioned meeting, the spokesperson of Azerbaijani
Foreign Ministry Hikmet Hajiyev told Trend on Feb.10 that the EU can
play a role in promoting contacts between the Azerbaijani and Armenian
communities of Nagorno-Karabakh.
"Armenians living in Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region are also
Azerbaijani citizens," said the spokesperson.
"During his visit to Azerbaijan in October 2014, Salber met with the
representatives of the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh and
became familiar with their views on the conflict's settlement."
Azerbaijani side has repeatedly said that contacts are needed
between the Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Azerbaijan's
Nagorno-Karabakh region and EU can pay a role in promoting such
contacts, according to Hajiyev.
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 US are currently
holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Edited by SI