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    DESCRIPTION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT AS FROZEN CONFLICT MISLEADING

    Trend, Azerbaijan
    Feb 12 2014

    Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb.12

    By Elmira Tariverdiyeva - Trend:

    The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is sometimes described as a frozen
    conflict and this is misleading, as the ceasefire breaches on the
    contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops continue, the UK
    Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds said yesterday in a debate on
    the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the UK parliament.

    The UK is concerned by the on-going ceasefire breaches along
    both the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as on the
    Armenia-Azerbaijan border, Simmonds said, according to the official
    page in a social network of the UK embassy in Azerbaijan.

    In his speech, Mark Simmonds said that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    continues to hamper development in both Armenia and Azerbaijan and
    causes further instability in an already troubled South Caucasus
    region.

    The UK strongly supports the work of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
    Group-led peace process, Simmonds said.

    The Co-Chairs work hard to facilitate progress and the international
    community stands ready to provide further support, according to
    Simmonds.

    The Minister also urged both sides to exercise restraint and assured
    the British government is committed to doing everything it can to
    foster efforts towards resolution of the 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 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 Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding
    regions.

    Edited by C.N.

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