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NATO BACKS MINSK PROCESS IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT'S SETTLEMENT
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Jan 26 2015
26 January 2015, 12:58 (GMT+04:00)
By Sara Rajabova
NATO official said the organization supports the Minsk process over
the resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
as the Alliance does not take part at the negotiations.
James Appathurai, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for
the South Caucasus and Central Asia said NATO does not have a role
in the peace process for the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"I do not think a distinct NATO role would help the process ahead,
rather to the contrary. NATO supports the Minsk process," Appathurai
told Trend on January 23.
He added that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict does receive high-level
international attention, most recently when President Francois Hollande
of France hosted talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
On the initiative of President Hollande, Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting on October
27 with the participation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen to
discuss the settlement process of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Appathurai further said the Minsk Group is co-chaired by the U.S,
France and the Russian Federation and their engagement has been
continuous over two decades.
Peace talks over the long-lasting Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that
emerged over Armenia's territorial claims against Azerbaijan are
underway on the basis of a peace outline proposed by the Minsk Group
co-chairs and dubbed the Madrid Principles. However, as Armenia
continues to follow non-constructive position, the negotiations have
been largely fruitless so far despite the efforts of the co-chair
countries over 20 years.
Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts from
Azerbaijan in a war that followed the Soviet breakup in 1991. More than
20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and nearly 1 million were displaced
as a result of the war.
Large-scale hostilities ended with a Russia-brokered ceasefire in 1994
but Armenia continued the occupation in defiance of four UN Security
Council resolutions calling for immediate and unconditional withdrawal.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/76547.html
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Jan 26 2015
26 January 2015, 12:58 (GMT+04:00)
By Sara Rajabova
NATO official said the organization supports the Minsk process over
the resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
as the Alliance does not take part at the negotiations.
James Appathurai, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for
the South Caucasus and Central Asia said NATO does not have a role
in the peace process for the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"I do not think a distinct NATO role would help the process ahead,
rather to the contrary. NATO supports the Minsk process," Appathurai
told Trend on January 23.
He added that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict does receive high-level
international attention, most recently when President Francois Hollande
of France hosted talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
On the initiative of President Hollande, Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting on October
27 with the participation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen to
discuss the settlement process of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Appathurai further said the Minsk Group is co-chaired by the U.S,
France and the Russian Federation and their engagement has been
continuous over two decades.
Peace talks over the long-lasting Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that
emerged over Armenia's territorial claims against Azerbaijan are
underway on the basis of a peace outline proposed by the Minsk Group
co-chairs and dubbed the Madrid Principles. However, as Armenia
continues to follow non-constructive position, the negotiations have
been largely fruitless so far despite the efforts of the co-chair
countries over 20 years.
Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts from
Azerbaijan in a war that followed the Soviet breakup in 1991. More than
20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and nearly 1 million were displaced
as a result of the war.
Large-scale hostilities ended with a Russia-brokered ceasefire in 1994
but Armenia continued the occupation in defiance of four UN Security
Council resolutions calling for immediate and unconditional withdrawal.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/76547.html