Yerevan finds Armenian, Azerbaijani presidents’ tune at recent negotiations in Moscow constructive
20.07.2009,
20:26
Yerevan finds Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents’ tune at the recent negotiations in Moscow constructive.
YEREVAN, July 20. /ARKA/. Yerevan finds Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents’ tune at the recent negotiations in Moscow constructive.
Armenian presidential press office told ARKA News Agency that both presidents – Serzh Sargsyan and Ilkham Aliev - displayed willingness to continue negotiating over Karabakh.
They instructed the two country’s foreign ministers to carry out necessary preparations along with OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs for the next presidential meeting likely to be held in this fall.
Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 when Artsakh, mainly populated by Armenians, declared its independence from Azerbaijan.
On December 10, 1991, a few days after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum took place in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the majority of the population (99.89%) voted for secession from Azerbaijan.
Afterwards, large-scale military operations began. As a result, Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and the seven regions adjacent to it.
On May 12, 1994 Bishkek cease-fire agreement, put an end to the military operations.
Since 1992, negotiations over the peaceful settlement of the conflict have been carried out under the OSCE Minsk Group’s mediation. The group is co-chaired by USA, Russia and France. -0---
Armenian presidential press office told ARKA News Agency that both presidents – Serzh Sargsyan and Ilkham Aliev - displayed willingness to continue negotiating over Karabakh.
They instructed the two country’s foreign ministers to carry out necessary preparations along with OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs for the next presidential meeting likely to be held in this fall.
Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 when Artsakh, mainly populated by Armenians, declared its independence from Azerbaijan.
On December 10, 1991, a few days after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum took place in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the majority of the population (99.89%) voted for secession from Azerbaijan.
Afterwards, large-scale military operations began. As a result, Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and the seven regions adjacent to it.
On May 12, 1994 Bishkek cease-fire agreement, put an end to the military operations.
Since 1992, negotiations over the peaceful settlement of the conflict have been carried out under the OSCE Minsk Group’s mediation. The group is co-chaired by USA, Russia and France. -0---
