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OSCE MG CO-CHAIRS DISCUSS PROCESS OF PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI CONFLICT
Trend, Azerbaijan
May 20 2014
Baku, Azerbaijan, May 20
By Elmira Tariverdiyeva - Trend:
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, Igor Popov (Russia), Jacques Faure (France)
and James Warlick (the U.S.), and the Personal Representative of the
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk visited the
region from May 16 to May 19, a statement posted on OSCE's website
said.
The Minsk Group co-chairs visited the region to discuss the process
of the peaceful settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
They were joined by Ambassador Pierre Andrieu, who will take over as
French co-chair in June.
The main objective of their visit was to review the situation in
Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh, Kelbajar, and Lachin regions occupied
by Armenia, in accordance with their mandate, the message posted on
the organization's website said.
The co-chairs also visited the Sargsang reservoir and discussing its
status, they expressed hope that the sides will reach an agreement
to jointly manage these water resources to the benefit of the region.
The co-chairs crossed the Azerbaijani-Armenian contact line near the
Terter region of Azerbaijan on May 19, the message said.
Moreover, they expressed regret for the continued ceasefire violations
and consequent casualties.
In the course of the visit to the region, the co-chairs met with
the senior officials in Yerevan and Baku, as well as the de facto
authorities of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region. They also met
with representatives of the Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh
in Baku. In their meetings, the co-chairs discussed elements of the
peace process, and stressed that the basis of a lasting settlement
remains those elements outlined in statements by the presidents of
the co-chair countries from 2009 to 2013.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in
1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a
result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.
The two countries 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.
Trend, Azerbaijan
May 20 2014
Baku, Azerbaijan, May 20
By Elmira Tariverdiyeva - Trend:
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, Igor Popov (Russia), Jacques Faure (France)
and James Warlick (the U.S.), and the Personal Representative of the
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk visited the
region from May 16 to May 19, a statement posted on OSCE's website
said.
The Minsk Group co-chairs visited the region to discuss the process
of the peaceful settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
They were joined by Ambassador Pierre Andrieu, who will take over as
French co-chair in June.
The main objective of their visit was to review the situation in
Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh, Kelbajar, and Lachin regions occupied
by Armenia, in accordance with their mandate, the message posted on
the organization's website said.
The co-chairs also visited the Sargsang reservoir and discussing its
status, they expressed hope that the sides will reach an agreement
to jointly manage these water resources to the benefit of the region.
The co-chairs crossed the Azerbaijani-Armenian contact line near the
Terter region of Azerbaijan on May 19, the message said.
Moreover, they expressed regret for the continued ceasefire violations
and consequent casualties.
In the course of the visit to the region, the co-chairs met with
the senior officials in Yerevan and Baku, as well as the de facto
authorities of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region. They also met
with representatives of the Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh
in Baku. In their meetings, the co-chairs discussed elements of the
peace process, and stressed that the basis of a lasting settlement
remains those elements outlined in statements by the presidents of
the co-chair countries from 2009 to 2013.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in
1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a
result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.
The two countries 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.