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Jan 6 2014
France spares no effort for speedy, peaceful resolution to
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
6 January 2014, 09:44 (GMT+04:00)
By Sara Rajabova
French ambassador to Baku Pascal Monnier has said that France will
spare no effort for a speedy and peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Although the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was gone too far, but everyone
hopes for a speedy resolution of the conflict and dreams of a peaceful
settlement, he said in an interview with AzerTag news agency.
"Observers believe that new hopes was fostered during the Vienna
meeting of presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serj Sargsyan and this is a
manifestation of the political will to meet in the new year," Monnier
added.
The presidents met in Vienna on November 19, along with the co-chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group, to eye the ways to resolve the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
Noting the recent Kyiv meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign
ministers, Monnier said new meeting of the two ministers in Paris in
late January is on the agenda.
"Thus, the positive trend is noticed in negotiations," he added.
"We've accepted the civil society representatives of Azerbaijan and
Armenia in Strasbourg," he said.
He said they will meet again in Paris in 2014 and intend to prepare
the declaration proposed for approval.
"The hopes are high for resolution the conflict, but the problem
should be approached with real and careful. In any case, France will
not spare efforts in this positive development," Monnier said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made
territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since a lengthy war in the
early 1990s that displaced over one million Azerbaijanis, Armenian
armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's
internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and
seven adjacent regions.
Long-standing efforts by US, Russian and French mediators have been
largely fruitless so far.
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.
Jan 6 2014
France spares no effort for speedy, peaceful resolution to
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
6 January 2014, 09:44 (GMT+04:00)
By Sara Rajabova
French ambassador to Baku Pascal Monnier has said that France will
spare no effort for a speedy and peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Although the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was gone too far, but everyone
hopes for a speedy resolution of the conflict and dreams of a peaceful
settlement, he said in an interview with AzerTag news agency.
"Observers believe that new hopes was fostered during the Vienna
meeting of presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serj Sargsyan and this is a
manifestation of the political will to meet in the new year," Monnier
added.
The presidents met in Vienna on November 19, along with the co-chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group, to eye the ways to resolve the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
Noting the recent Kyiv meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign
ministers, Monnier said new meeting of the two ministers in Paris in
late January is on the agenda.
"Thus, the positive trend is noticed in negotiations," he added.
"We've accepted the civil society representatives of Azerbaijan and
Armenia in Strasbourg," he said.
He said they will meet again in Paris in 2014 and intend to prepare
the declaration proposed for approval.
"The hopes are high for resolution the conflict, but the problem
should be approached with real and careful. In any case, France will
not spare efforts in this positive development," Monnier said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made
territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since a lengthy war in the
early 1990s that displaced over one million Azerbaijanis, Armenian
armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's
internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and
seven adjacent regions.
Long-standing efforts by US, Russian and French mediators have been
largely fruitless so far.
The UN Security Council has passed four resolutions on Armenian
withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
enforced to this day.