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    TURKEY'S EX-FM SAYS NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT THREATS REGIONAL PEACE

    AzerNews, Azerbaijan
    April 30 2014

    30 April 2014, 15:44 (GMT+05:00)
    By Sara Rajabova

    The greatest threat to peace and stability in the Caucasus is the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, former Turkish Foreign Minister Hikmet
    Cetin has said.

    Cetin made remarks on April 29 during the session on the theme "Open
    societies as a method of conflict resolution in difficult situations"
    of the second Global Shared Societies Forum held in Baku.

    Cetin noted that the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding
    districts were occupied by Armenia and more than one million people
    lost their homes.

    He said the OSCE Minsk Group has dealt with resolving this conflict
    for more than 20 years, but there are no results.

    The time has come for concrete steps to resolve the conflict, Cetin
    emphasized.

    "First of all, Armenia should withdraw its troops from surrounding
    Nagorno-Karabakh regions, it would be an important step in resolving
    the conflict," Cetin said.

    Cetin also noted that such a situation cannot be maintained for a long.

    "Addressing the Armenian leaders, I want to tell them to think again
    about it, since it is known that the social and economic situation
    in Armenia is very bad," he said.

    Cetin further said Armenia can participate in a number of projects
    in the region, and it is only just needed to liberate the Azerbaijani
    lands.

    The precarious cease-fire between Azerbaijan and Armenia was reached
    after a lengthy war that displaced over a million Azerbaijanis and
    has been in place between the two South Caucasus countries since 1994.

    Since the hostilities, Armenian armed forces have occupied over
    20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory,
    including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

    The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions on Armenia's
    withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but they have not been
    enforced to this day.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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