American Diplomat: USA to Continue Work in OSCE Minsk Group
27.08.2008,
03:10
The USA will continue taking part in OSCE Minsk Group on settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, U.S. Charge d’Affaires in Armenia Joseph Pennington told journalists in Yerevan.
YEREVAN, August 26. /ARKA/. The USA will continue taking part in OSCE Minsk Group on settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, U.S. Charge d’Affaires in Armenia Joseph Pennington told journalists in Yerevan.
In commenting the opinion of the Head of Eurasian Policy Center of Hudson University that participation of the USA and Russia in OSCE Minsk Group is senseless bearing in mind the current relationship between the USA and Russia after the events in South Ossetia, American diplomat said that the one making this statement is not a U.S. official. An American official could not make such a comment, Pennington said.
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict started in 1988 when Nagorno-Karabakh with prevailingly Armenian population declared its withdrawal from Azerbaijan.
On December 10 1991, just a couple of days before the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum was held in Nagorno-Karabakh in the presence of international observers where 99.89% of the population voted for full independence from Azerbaijan.
In response, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale war against Nagorno-Karabakh. The cease-fire agreement signed on May 12 1994 has been maintained since then.
Since 1992 negotiations have been held on peaceful settlement of the conflict under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by the USA, Russia and France.--0--
In commenting the opinion of the Head of Eurasian Policy Center of Hudson University that participation of the USA and Russia in OSCE Minsk Group is senseless bearing in mind the current relationship between the USA and Russia after the events in South Ossetia, American diplomat said that the one making this statement is not a U.S. official. An American official could not make such a comment, Pennington said.
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict started in 1988 when Nagorno-Karabakh with prevailingly Armenian population declared its withdrawal from Azerbaijan.
On December 10 1991, just a couple of days before the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum was held in Nagorno-Karabakh in the presence of international observers where 99.89% of the population voted for full independence from Azerbaijan.
In response, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale war against Nagorno-Karabakh. The cease-fire agreement signed on May 12 1994 has been maintained since then.
Since 1992 negotiations have been held on peaceful settlement of the conflict under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by the USA, Russia and France.--0--
