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Oct 15 2011
Representatives of Russian and Turkish foreign ministries discuss
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
15 October 2011, 10:32 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct.15 / Trend E.
Tariverdiyeva /
Ankara hosted regular consultations between the State Secretary -
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin and
the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkey Firudin Sinirlioglu on
regional issues on Oct.14, the Russian Foreign Ministry's website
reported.
Views were exchanged on topical issues in Central Asia and Caucasus,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the report said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are
currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Oct 15 2011
Representatives of Russian and Turkish foreign ministries discuss
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
15 October 2011, 10:32 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct.15 / Trend E.
Tariverdiyeva /
Ankara hosted regular consultations between the State Secretary -
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin and
the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkey Firudin Sinirlioglu on
regional issues on Oct.14, the Russian Foreign Ministry's website
reported.
Views were exchanged on topical issues in Central Asia and Caucasus,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the report said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are
currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.