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KARABAKH FOREIGN MINISTER BLAMES LACK OF PROGRESS IN PEACE PROCESS ON DESTRUCTIVE POLICY OF AZERBAIJAN
YEREVAN, January 26. / ARKA /. Nagorno-Karabakh foreign minister
Karen Babayan blamed the lack of progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh
peace process last year on Azerbaijan's destructive position,
denouncing also Azerbaijani authorities 'for choosing the path of
an unprecedented escalation of tension in the conflict zone, openly
ignoring the international peace brokers from the OSCE Minsk Group
in particular and the international community in general.
Karen Babayan recalled that the parliament of the Basque Country
adopted a resolution last year supporting Nagorno-Karabakh's right
to self-determination. It was the first such resolution, he added.
He also noted that in 2014 Nagorno-Karabakh signed declarations of
friendship with various communities in France, the US and Spain.
Karen Babayan expressed confidence that in 2015 Nagorno-Karabakh will
make new achievements, adding that the focus of the authorities will
be on the peaceful settlement of the conflict and the international
recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the
collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly
Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan, sought to secede from
Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by succeeding
referendum. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no
permanent peace agreement has been signed.
Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been
under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh
is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued
to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with
snipers causing tens of deaths a year. -0-
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YEREVAN, January 26. / ARKA /. Nagorno-Karabakh foreign minister
Karen Babayan blamed the lack of progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh
peace process last year on Azerbaijan's destructive position,
denouncing also Azerbaijani authorities 'for choosing the path of
an unprecedented escalation of tension in the conflict zone, openly
ignoring the international peace brokers from the OSCE Minsk Group
in particular and the international community in general.
Karen Babayan recalled that the parliament of the Basque Country
adopted a resolution last year supporting Nagorno-Karabakh's right
to self-determination. It was the first such resolution, he added.
He also noted that in 2014 Nagorno-Karabakh signed declarations of
friendship with various communities in France, the US and Spain.
Karen Babayan expressed confidence that in 2015 Nagorno-Karabakh will
make new achievements, adding that the focus of the authorities will
be on the peaceful settlement of the conflict and the international
recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the
collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly
Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan, sought to secede from
Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by succeeding
referendum. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no
permanent peace agreement has been signed.
Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been
under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh
is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued
to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with
snipers causing tens of deaths a year. -0-
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