Mnatsakanyan-Mammadyarov meeting in Geneva to continue today
30.01.2020,
10:55
Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Elmar Mammadyarov met Wednesday in Geneva, Anna Naghdalyan, the spokesperson of the Armenian foreign ministry, reported on her Facebook page.
YEREVAN, January 30. /ARKA/. Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Elmar Mammadyarov met Wednesday in Geneva, Anna Naghdalyan, the spokesperson of the Armenian foreign ministry, reported on her Facebook page.
This meeting, which was brokered by the OSCE Minsk Group, will continue on Thursday. The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Igor Popov (Russia), Stéphane Visconti (France), Andrew Schoffer (USA) and personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk were present at the meeting.
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--
This meeting, which was brokered by the OSCE Minsk Group, will continue on Thursday. The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Igor Popov (Russia), Stéphane Visconti (France), Andrew Schoffer (USA) and personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk were present at the meeting.
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--
