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  • BAKU: ICG Supports EU's Participation in NK Conflict Settlement

    Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
    Feb 2 2008


    International Crisis Group Supports European Union's Participation in
    Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Settlement
    02.02.08 15:54

    Azerbaijan, Baku 2 February /corr. Trend K.Ramazanova / The European
    Union should be represented in the talks on peaceful settlement of
    the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said the Director
    of European Programs of the International Crisis Group, Sabina
    Frazier.

    The EU special representative for the South Caucasus, Peter Semneby,
    who does not have a seat at the table, should be an observer in the
    negotiations, mentioned in Frazier's report published on the official
    web-site of International Crisis Group.

    The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus began in
    1988 due to territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia
    has occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land including the
    Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding Districts. Since
    1992, these territories have been under the occupation of the
    Armenian Forces. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire
    agreement at which time the active hostilities ended. The Co-chairs
    of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France and USA) are currently
    holding peaceful negotiations.

    `The international community must impress on Armenia and Azerbaijan
    the need for progress in peace talks and stop ignoring the conflict
    in its aid packages,' Frazier said in her report.

    She said that securing an agreement, even one that notes remaining
    differences, before the polls, would be a hugely important step. `It
    would keep the process alive and provide a place-holder from which
    the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan could resume talks after the
    2008 elections,' Frazier said.

    The presidential elections in Armenia will take place on 19 February
    and in Azerbaijan in October.
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