Baku doing everything to undermine Karabakh conflict settlement
15.02.2016,
11:54
Baku is resorting to every means to derail Karabakh conflict settlement process, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said Saturday as met with OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov of Russia, James Warlick of the United States and Pierre Andrieu of France as well as Personal Representative of OSCE CiO Andrzej Kasprzyk.
YEREVAN, February 15. /ARKA/. Baku is resorting to every means to derail Karabakh conflict settlement process, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said Saturday as met with OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov of Russia, James Warlick of the United States and Pierre Andrieu of France as well as Personal Representative of OSCE CiO Andrzej Kasprzyk.
According to the foreign ministry’s press office, ways for peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict were discussed at the meeting.
Nalbandian is quoted by the press office as saying that Azerbaijan, ignoring targeted calls of the international community, continues violating tree-sided ceasefire agreements, rejecting mechanisms of investigating incidents and criticizing the OSCE Minsk Group’s efforts to settle the conflict in a bid to change the organization brokering the process.
“This shows that Baku do everything to wreck the settlement process,” the minister said. “More than that – the Azerbaijani side’s conduct and its public refusal to meet with mediators contribute to maintenance of the status quo, to which the co-chair countries and Armenia are opposed.”
Nalbandian said that Armenia and co-chair countries will continue their joint efforts to settle the conflict by peaceful means.
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-----
According to the foreign ministry’s press office, ways for peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict were discussed at the meeting.
Nalbandian is quoted by the press office as saying that Azerbaijan, ignoring targeted calls of the international community, continues violating tree-sided ceasefire agreements, rejecting mechanisms of investigating incidents and criticizing the OSCE Minsk Group’s efforts to settle the conflict in a bid to change the organization brokering the process.
“This shows that Baku do everything to wreck the settlement process,” the minister said. “More than that – the Azerbaijani side’s conduct and its public refusal to meet with mediators contribute to maintenance of the status quo, to which the co-chair countries and Armenia are opposed.”
Nalbandian said that Armenia and co-chair countries will continue their joint efforts to settle the conflict by peaceful means.
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-----
