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SPAIN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS
TREND Information
Nov 30 2007
Azerbaijan
Spain, Madrid / Trend corr. A.Maharramli / The Foreign Minister of
Spain Miguel Angel Moratinos met with the Azerbaijani and Armenian
Foreign Ministers, Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanian in Madrid.
The Armenian Minister reported after the meeting that the
participants of the meeting discussed principles on regulation of ten
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict submitted by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
in Madrid.
Oskanian did not detail the negotiation.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began
in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since
1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. 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 the US) are currently holding peaceful
negotiations.
TREND Information
Nov 30 2007
Azerbaijan
Spain, Madrid / Trend corr. A.Maharramli / The Foreign Minister of
Spain Miguel Angel Moratinos met with the Azerbaijani and Armenian
Foreign Ministers, Elmar Mammadyarov and Vardan Oskanian in Madrid.
The Armenian Minister reported after the meeting that the
participants of the meeting discussed principles on regulation of ten
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict submitted by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
in Madrid.
Oskanian did not detail the negotiation.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began
in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since
1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. 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 the US) are currently holding peaceful
negotiations.