Yerevan confirms reports about March 5 meeting of Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani presidents in Sochi
01.03.2011,
19:52
The press service of Armenia’s president has confirmed today reports that Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani presidents will meet later this week in the southern Russian resort city of Sochi.
YEREVAN, March 1, /ARKA/. The press service of Armenia’s president has confirmed today reports that Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani presidents will meet later this week in the southern Russian resort city of Sochi.
‘On March 5 president Serzh Sargsyan will make a working visit to Sochi, the venue of a trilateral meeting of Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani presidents, to discuss the current state of the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiating process’ a statement by the press office said.
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev organized three such summits last yearThe conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh broke out in 1988 after the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave declared about secession from Azerbaijan As Azerbaijan declared its independence from the Soviet Union and removed the powers held by the enclave's government, the Armenian majority voted in 1991, December 10, to secede from Azerbaijan and in the process proclaimed the enclave the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Full-scale fighting, initiated by Azerbaijan, erupted in the late winter of 1992. International mediation by several groups including Europe's OSCE’s failed to bring an end resolution that both sides could work with.
In the spring of 1993, Armenian forces captured regions outside the enclave itself. By the end of the war in 1994, the Armenians were in full control of most of the enclave and also held and currently control seven regions beyond the administrative borders of Nagorno-Karabakh. Almost 1 million people on both sides have been displaced as a result of the conflict. A Russian- -brokered ceasefire was signed in May 1994 and peace talks, mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group, have been held ever since by Armenia and Azerbaijan.-0-
‘On March 5 president Serzh Sargsyan will make a working visit to Sochi, the venue of a trilateral meeting of Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani presidents, to discuss the current state of the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiating process’ a statement by the press office said.
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev organized three such summits last yearThe conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh broke out in 1988 after the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave declared about secession from Azerbaijan As Azerbaijan declared its independence from the Soviet Union and removed the powers held by the enclave's government, the Armenian majority voted in 1991, December 10, to secede from Azerbaijan and in the process proclaimed the enclave the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Full-scale fighting, initiated by Azerbaijan, erupted in the late winter of 1992. International mediation by several groups including Europe's OSCE’s failed to bring an end resolution that both sides could work with.
In the spring of 1993, Armenian forces captured regions outside the enclave itself. By the end of the war in 1994, the Armenians were in full control of most of the enclave and also held and currently control seven regions beyond the administrative borders of Nagorno-Karabakh. Almost 1 million people on both sides have been displaced as a result of the conflict. A Russian- -brokered ceasefire was signed in May 1994 and peace talks, mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group, have been held ever since by Armenia and Azerbaijan.-0-
