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US STATE DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS KARABAKH CONFLICT
Vestnik Kavkaza
June 29 2012
Russia
U.S Deputy Secretary of State William Burns is meeting today with the
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs at the U.S. State Department, Trend reports.
The Nagorno-Karabakh issue will be discussed at this meeting. The
meeting will be held behind closed doors, the official website of
the State Department said on Friday.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988,
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven 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 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.
Vestnik Kavkaza
June 29 2012
Russia
U.S Deputy Secretary of State William Burns is meeting today with the
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs at the U.S. State Department, Trend reports.
The Nagorno-Karabakh issue will be discussed at this meeting. The
meeting will be held behind closed doors, the official website of
the State Department said on Friday.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988,
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven 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 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.