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    TOP AZERBAIJANI OFFICIAL: MINSK GROUP SHOULD BE MORE ACTIVE IN CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

    Trend
    Oct 31 2012
    Azerbaijan

    The position of Baku in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is that the
    OSCE Minsk Group should be more active in the conflict settlement,
    Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Political Analysis and
    Information Provision Department head Elnur Aslanov told journalists.

    He noted that the OSCE should encourage Armenia to liberate the
    Azerbaijani lands from occupation.

    "Not only the Minsk Group, but also the countries belonging to it,
    should be active. We repeatedly address to the world community
    with this. It is necessary to put an end to the violation of the
    territorial integrity, to steps, contradicting to international law,
    and to aggression of one state against another," Aslanov said.

    He added that many states are passive in the settlement of
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    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.

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