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May 31 2014
No solution to Karabakh conflict is extremely worrying, EU delegation head says
Baku, Azerbaijan, May 31
By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:
The fact that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is still unsolved is
extremely worrying, according to the head of EU Delegation to
Azerbaijan, Ambassador Malena Mard.
Mard made the remarks on May 31 commenting on the recent tensions on
the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.
"The fact that we still have a situation that the conflict is
unsolved, in itself, is extremely worrying 20 years after," Mard
stressed, adding that such kind of conflicts leave both civilians and
servicemen wounded and dead on the contact line.
"I think this puts the emphasis on need to really move forward with
the solution of the conflict," Mard said.
"I know the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are working both with
Azerbaijan and Armenia to hopefully move forward to the peaceful
solution of the conflict," the EU delegation head said.
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.
May 31 2014
No solution to Karabakh conflict is extremely worrying, EU delegation head says
Baku, Azerbaijan, May 31
By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:
The fact that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is still unsolved is
extremely worrying, according to the head of EU Delegation to
Azerbaijan, Ambassador Malena Mard.
Mard made the remarks on May 31 commenting on the recent tensions on
the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops.
"The fact that we still have a situation that the conflict is
unsolved, in itself, is extremely worrying 20 years after," Mard
stressed, adding that such kind of conflicts leave both civilians and
servicemen wounded and dead on the contact line.
"I think this puts the emphasis on need to really move forward with
the solution of the conflict," Mard said.
"I know the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are working both with
Azerbaijan and Armenia to hopefully move forward to the peaceful
solution of the conflict," the EU delegation head said.
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.