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April 8 2013
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict discussed in Washington
8 April 2013, 15:23 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has been discussed in Washington with
the participation of Azerbaijani and Armenian representatives during
an event organized by the Jamestown Foundation, a major think-tank in
the United States.
The event, titled 'The United Nations and the Armenia-Azerbaijan
Conflict: Back to the Basics', is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of
the adoption of the UN Security Council's first resolution on the
long-standing conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Speakers included Azerbaijan's Deputy Permanent Representative to the
United Nations Tofig Musayev and Senior Research Fellow of the
Heritage Foundation Ariel Cohen, the Azerbaijani Embassy in the United
States told Trend news agency.
Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute Frederick Starr, the
commentator of the event, said peace in the South Caucasus region
depends on cooperation of the three countries of the South Caucasus,
referring to Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.
In his speech regarding international legal relevance and significance
of the UN Security Council resolution, Tofig Musayev emphasized the
necessity of following the rules and principles of international law
from the viewpoint of protecting security and peace.
Musayev said one of the main factors preventing a solution of the
conflict is Armenia's failure to implement the UNSC's four resolutions
urging a withdrawal of the occupying Armenian armed forces from the
territories of Azerbaijan, and stressed that Armenia's unconstructive
position has no basis under international law.
Analyzing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the context of regional
realities and position of the international community, the Heritage
Foundation's Cohen said the U.S., as an OSCE Minsk Group co-chair, has
to make more effort to resolve the conflict.
The participants of the Washington event voiced proposals to advance
the peace process, including one that called for raising funds for the
rehabilitation programs in the occupied territories.
In the meantime, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkish
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu discussed the strengthening of the
OSCE Minsk Group's activity and the liberation of the occupied
territories of Azerbaijan in Istanbul, Anadolu news agency reported.
"The Turkish and Armenian relations are of crucial importance, which
need a much more comprehensive approach to be initiated. The Minsk
process should be provided with an ever-increasing momentum and the
invaded territory of Azerbaijan is an issue that we need certain
advancement within," Davutoglu said after the meeting.
Turkey and the U.S. will continue to touch on those issues in the
future, he added.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made
territorial claims against the neighboring country. Since a lengthy
war between the two South Caucasus countries that displaced over a
million Azerbaijanis and ended with the signing of a precarious
cease-fire in 1994, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20
percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Peace talks brokered by the Minsk Group co-chairs have been largely
fruitless so far.
The negotiations are underway on the basis of a peace outline proposed
by the Minsk Group co-chairs and dubbed the Madrid Principles, also
known as Basic Principles. The document envisions a return of the
territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani control;
determining the final legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh; a corridor
linking Armenia to the region; and the right of all internally
displaced persons to return home.
From: A. Papazian
April 8 2013
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict discussed in Washington
8 April 2013, 15:23 (GMT+05:00)
By Sara Rajabova
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has been discussed in Washington with
the participation of Azerbaijani and Armenian representatives during
an event organized by the Jamestown Foundation, a major think-tank in
the United States.
The event, titled 'The United Nations and the Armenia-Azerbaijan
Conflict: Back to the Basics', is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of
the adoption of the UN Security Council's first resolution on the
long-standing conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Speakers included Azerbaijan's Deputy Permanent Representative to the
United Nations Tofig Musayev and Senior Research Fellow of the
Heritage Foundation Ariel Cohen, the Azerbaijani Embassy in the United
States told Trend news agency.
Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute Frederick Starr, the
commentator of the event, said peace in the South Caucasus region
depends on cooperation of the three countries of the South Caucasus,
referring to Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.
In his speech regarding international legal relevance and significance
of the UN Security Council resolution, Tofig Musayev emphasized the
necessity of following the rules and principles of international law
from the viewpoint of protecting security and peace.
Musayev said one of the main factors preventing a solution of the
conflict is Armenia's failure to implement the UNSC's four resolutions
urging a withdrawal of the occupying Armenian armed forces from the
territories of Azerbaijan, and stressed that Armenia's unconstructive
position has no basis under international law.
Analyzing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the context of regional
realities and position of the international community, the Heritage
Foundation's Cohen said the U.S., as an OSCE Minsk Group co-chair, has
to make more effort to resolve the conflict.
The participants of the Washington event voiced proposals to advance
the peace process, including one that called for raising funds for the
rehabilitation programs in the occupied territories.
In the meantime, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkish
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu discussed the strengthening of the
OSCE Minsk Group's activity and the liberation of the occupied
territories of Azerbaijan in Istanbul, Anadolu news agency reported.
"The Turkish and Armenian relations are of crucial importance, which
need a much more comprehensive approach to be initiated. The Minsk
process should be provided with an ever-increasing momentum and the
invaded territory of Azerbaijan is an issue that we need certain
advancement within," Davutoglu said after the meeting.
Turkey and the U.S. will continue to touch on those issues in the
future, he added.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made
territorial claims against the neighboring country. Since a lengthy
war between the two South Caucasus countries that displaced over a
million Azerbaijanis and ended with the signing of a precarious
cease-fire in 1994, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20
percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Peace talks brokered by the Minsk Group co-chairs have been largely
fruitless so far.
The negotiations are underway on the basis of a peace outline proposed
by the Minsk Group co-chairs and dubbed the Madrid Principles, also
known as Basic Principles. The document envisions a return of the
territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani control;
determining the final legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh; a corridor
linking Armenia to the region; and the right of all internally
displaced persons to return home.
From: A. Papazian