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    OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRMEN HOPE AZERBAIJAN'S OCCUPIED LANDS WILL BE RETURNED

    Trend
    Nov 13 2008
    Azerbaijan

    Azerbaijan, Baku, November 13/ Trend News, corr A. Badalova/
    "The co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group on the settlement of
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict hope that Azerbaijan's occupied lands will
    be returned.

    "We hope that Azerbaijan's occupied lands will be returned to this
    country," Matthew Bryza, US co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group said
    to journalists in Baku on November 13.

    "Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia should find a common ground on
    this issue. Today there is confidence and respect between Presidents
    of Azerbaijan and Armenia," Bryza said.

    Concerning Turkey's mediation on settlement of conflict, Bryza said
    Turkey is a member of Minsk group, but not co-chairman. "Turkey
    is a very important country. It is NATO ally and it should play an
    important role in Caucasus which is happening at the moment," he added.

    Armenia has occupied 20% of Azerbaijan's territory - Nagorno-Karabakh
    and seven surrounding regions. The occupation began in 1988. Azerbaijan
    lost the Nagorno-Karabakh, except of Shusha and Khojali, in December
    1991. In 1992-93, Armenian Armed Forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and
    Nagorno-Karabakh's seven surrounding regions. 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, but fruitless
    negotiations.
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