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June 24 2011
Armenia, Azerbaijan fail to reach agreement over disputed territory
By BNO News
KAZAN, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on
Friday failed to reach an agreement over the disputed territory of
Nagorny Karabakh after a meeting in the Russian city of Kazan, RIA
Novosti reported.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hosted Armenian leader Serzh
Sargsyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in the Volga city of
Kazan for talks on a settlement to the two-decade conflict over
Nagorny Karabakh.
"The heads of states confirmed mutual understanding on the range of
issues that contribute to the creation of the conditions for approving
the major principles [of the Karabakh settlement]," a joint statement
said.
Nagorny Karabakh, a breakaway region on Azerbaijani territory with a
predominantly ethnic Armenian population, has remained in Armenian
control since the late 1980s, when the region claimed independence
from Azerbaijan to join Armenia. The conflict is estimated to have
left more than 30,000 people dead on both sides between 1988 and 1994.
On Thursday, United States President Barack Obama called both leaders
in advance of the upcoming summit and encouraged them to agree on a
peaceful settlement.
"President Obama told both leaders that now is the time to resolve
this conflict and to offer the people of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and
Nagorno-Karabakh a better future for themselves and for their
children," a statement from the White House said.
The OSCE Minsk Group, comprising Russia, France and the United States,
has mediated the conflict for many years without much progress. The
group presented a preliminary version of the Basic Principles for the
Nagorny Karabakh settlement to Armenia and Azerbaijan in November 2007
in Madrid.
The proposal was updated in 2009 and it includes the return of the
territories surrounding Nagorny Karabakh to Azerbaijani control. It
also includes the right of all internally displaced persons and
refugees to return to their former places of residence.
http://wireupdate.com/wires/18397/armenia-azerbaijan-fail-to-reach-agreement-over-disputed-territory/
From: A. Papazian
June 24 2011
Armenia, Azerbaijan fail to reach agreement over disputed territory
By BNO News
KAZAN, RUSSIA (BNO NEWS) -- The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on
Friday failed to reach an agreement over the disputed territory of
Nagorny Karabakh after a meeting in the Russian city of Kazan, RIA
Novosti reported.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hosted Armenian leader Serzh
Sargsyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in the Volga city of
Kazan for talks on a settlement to the two-decade conflict over
Nagorny Karabakh.
"The heads of states confirmed mutual understanding on the range of
issues that contribute to the creation of the conditions for approving
the major principles [of the Karabakh settlement]," a joint statement
said.
Nagorny Karabakh, a breakaway region on Azerbaijani territory with a
predominantly ethnic Armenian population, has remained in Armenian
control since the late 1980s, when the region claimed independence
from Azerbaijan to join Armenia. The conflict is estimated to have
left more than 30,000 people dead on both sides between 1988 and 1994.
On Thursday, United States President Barack Obama called both leaders
in advance of the upcoming summit and encouraged them to agree on a
peaceful settlement.
"President Obama told both leaders that now is the time to resolve
this conflict and to offer the people of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and
Nagorno-Karabakh a better future for themselves and for their
children," a statement from the White House said.
The OSCE Minsk Group, comprising Russia, France and the United States,
has mediated the conflict for many years without much progress. The
group presented a preliminary version of the Basic Principles for the
Nagorny Karabakh settlement to Armenia and Azerbaijan in November 2007
in Madrid.
The proposal was updated in 2009 and it includes the return of the
territories surrounding Nagorny Karabakh to Azerbaijani control. It
also includes the right of all internally displaced persons and
refugees to return to their former places of residence.
http://wireupdate.com/wires/18397/armenia-azerbaijan-fail-to-reach-agreement-over-disputed-territory/
From: A. Papazian