Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Vienna
13.07.2013,
13:31
YEREVAN, July 13./ARKA/. Foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mamedyarov, met in Vienna yesterday in the evening, Armenian Foreign Ministry reported Saturday.
YEREVAN, July 13./ARKA/. Foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Edward Nalbandian and Elmar Mamedyarov, met in Vienna yesterday in the evening, Armenian Foreign Ministry reported Saturday.
Moreover, the ministers also met with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and Ian Kelly of the United States of America) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.
The sides discussed the issues related to holding further talks around peaceful settlement of the conflict.
The Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when prevailingly Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh declared withdrawal fr om Azerbaijan. On December 10, 1991, a referendum was held in Nagorno-Karabakh wh ere 99.89% voted for independence from Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan responded by large-scale military operations that led to loss of control not only over Nagorno-Karabakh itself, but also over seven adjoining areas. About 25-30 thousands people were killed and about a million had to leave their homes during the military operations.
A trilateral cease-fire agreement was signed on May 12, 2004, and has been followed since then.
The ongoing Karabakh peace process started in 1992 under auspices of OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by the USA, Russia and France. -0-
Moreover, the ministers also met with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and Ian Kelly of the United States of America) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk.
The sides discussed the issues related to holding further talks around peaceful settlement of the conflict.
The Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when prevailingly Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh declared withdrawal fr om Azerbaijan. On December 10, 1991, a referendum was held in Nagorno-Karabakh wh ere 99.89% voted for independence from Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan responded by large-scale military operations that led to loss of control not only over Nagorno-Karabakh itself, but also over seven adjoining areas. About 25-30 thousands people were killed and about a million had to leave their homes during the military operations.
A trilateral cease-fire agreement was signed on May 12, 2004, and has been followed since then.
The ongoing Karabakh peace process started in 1992 under auspices of OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by the USA, Russia and France. -0-
