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    AzerNews, Azerbaijan
    May 27 2014


    Ankara urges Moscow to assist in settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

    27 May 2014, 17:06 (GMT+05:00)
    By Jamila Babayeva

    Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called on Russia to assist in
    the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    "The frozen conflicts pose threat for the countries in the region. We
    hope that Russia will assist in the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict, and at the same time will spare no effort to resolve other
    frozen conflicts in the region," Davutoglu said at a joint briefing
    with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow.

    He went on to add that Turkey supports the resolution of frozen
    conflicts in the region.

    "The events in Ukraine show the importance of a speedy settlement of
    the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Davutoglu said. "A favorable situation
    is created for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. We
    must take concrete steps to resolve this conflict."

    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.

    The UN Security Council's four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal have
    not been enforced to this day.

    Peace talks, mediated by Russia, France and the U.S. through the OSCE
    Minsk Group, are underway on the basis of a peace outline proposed by
    the Minsk Group co-chairs and dubbed the Madrid Principles. The
    negotiations have been largely fruitless so far.




    From: A. Papazian
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