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MINISTER: AZERBAIJANI, ARMENIAN FMS MAY MEET IN NEW YORK
Trend
July 18 2012
Azerbaijan
Next meeting of foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia may be
held in New York within a session of the UN General Assembly in late
September, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at a
press conference in Baku on Wednesday.
He said the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs made this proposal.
"The co-chairs also plan to hold individual meetings with Armenia
and Azerbaijan's foreign ministers," Mammadyarov said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia 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 the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Trend
July 18 2012
Azerbaijan
Next meeting of foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia may be
held in New York within a session of the UN General Assembly in late
September, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at a
press conference in Baku on Wednesday.
He said the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs made this proposal.
"The co-chairs also plan to hold individual meetings with Armenia
and Azerbaijan's foreign ministers," Mammadyarov said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia 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 the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.