Armenia insists on involvement of Karabakh authorities in talks
26.05.2016,
18:05
Armenia insists on the involvement of Nagorno-Karabakh authorities in the negotiations to end the long-running conflict, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said Thursday in the parliament.
YEREVAN, May 26. /ARKA/. Armenia insists on the involvement of Nagorno-Karabakh authorities in the negotiations to end the long-running conflict, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said Thursday in the parliament.
He said also negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the Karabakh settlement will resume only in case of compliance with the conditions, which were announced at the meeting of the two presidents in Vienna on May 16.
During the May 16 meeting in Vienna, mediated by the United States, Russia and France Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia and Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan agreed to work out safeguards against ceasefire violations around Nagorno-Karabakh and resume their search for a compromise peace deal.
"Azerbaijan has not acceded to the statement of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs on the indefinite ceasefire, creation of mechanisms to investigate incidents and expanding the presence of representatives of the Office of the OSCE Minsk Group," said Nalbandian.
According to him, Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers will separately meet with the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group in June to discuss the possibility of organizing another meeting of the presidents.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum.
On May 12, 1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the military operations. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace agreement has been signed. Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh.
Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year.
On April 2, 2016, Azerbaijan launched military assaults along the entire perimeter of its contact line with Nagorno-Karabakh. Four days later a cease-fire was reached. -0-
He said also negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the Karabakh settlement will resume only in case of compliance with the conditions, which were announced at the meeting of the two presidents in Vienna on May 16.
During the May 16 meeting in Vienna, mediated by the United States, Russia and France Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia and Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan agreed to work out safeguards against ceasefire violations around Nagorno-Karabakh and resume their search for a compromise peace deal.
"Azerbaijan has not acceded to the statement of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs on the indefinite ceasefire, creation of mechanisms to investigate incidents and expanding the presence of representatives of the Office of the OSCE Minsk Group," said Nalbandian.
According to him, Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers will separately meet with the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group in June to discuss the possibility of organizing another meeting of the presidents.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum.
On May 12, 1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the military operations. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace agreement has been signed. Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh.
Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year.
On April 2, 2016, Azerbaijan launched military assaults along the entire perimeter of its contact line with Nagorno-Karabakh. Four days later a cease-fire was reached. -0-
