Armenian foreign minister: Baku calls into question reasonability of meetings for Karabakh conflict settlement
25.09.2015,
11:46
Baku calls into question the reasonability of meetings for Karabakh conflict settlement, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in New York as met with OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs.
YEREVAN, September 25. /ARKA/. Baku calls into question the reasonability of meetings for Karabakh conflict settlement, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in New York as met with OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs.
On September 24, the Azerbaijani side violated the cease-fire agreement on the north-east section of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border using mortars and other weapons. Azerbaijani troops opened fire on border settlements. Three civilians were killed and other three were wounded.
Armenia's defense ministry pledged to respond adequately to that.
Nalbandian, condemning this violence at his meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, Igor
Popov (Russia), James Warlick (the United States) and Pierre Andrieu (France) as well as Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of OSCE CiO, said that Azerbaijan, remaining stuck to its notorious tradition of escalating tension by every means and at the expense of human lives right ahead of important hi-level meetings, calls into question the reasonability of such meetings and hobbles the negotiations.
Condemning the killings, the minister said that Azerbaijan reacted to the expectations voiced by the co-chairs for successful negotiations between Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in New York by undertaking this new provocation.
At the meeting, Nalbandian discussed the steps to be taken to stabilize things on the border.
Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 when Karabakh, 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.
Some 30,000 people were killed in this war and about one million people fled their homes.
On May 12, 1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the military operations.
Тalks brokered by OSCE Minsk Group are being held over peaceful settlement of the conflict. The group is co-chaired by USA, Russia and France. ---0-----
On September 24, the Azerbaijani side violated the cease-fire agreement on the north-east section of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border using mortars and other weapons. Azerbaijani troops opened fire on border settlements. Three civilians were killed and other three were wounded.
Armenia's defense ministry pledged to respond adequately to that.
Nalbandian, condemning this violence at his meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, Igor
Popov (Russia), James Warlick (the United States) and Pierre Andrieu (France) as well as Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of OSCE CiO, said that Azerbaijan, remaining stuck to its notorious tradition of escalating tension by every means and at the expense of human lives right ahead of important hi-level meetings, calls into question the reasonability of such meetings and hobbles the negotiations.
Condemning the killings, the minister said that Azerbaijan reacted to the expectations voiced by the co-chairs for successful negotiations between Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in New York by undertaking this new provocation.
At the meeting, Nalbandian discussed the steps to be taken to stabilize things on the border.
Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 when Karabakh, 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.
Some 30,000 people were killed in this war and about one million people fled their homes.
On May 12, 1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the military operations.
Тalks brokered by OSCE Minsk Group are being held over peaceful settlement of the conflict. The group is co-chaired by USA, Russia and France. ---0-----
