NATO urges parties to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to reduce tension and avoid further violence
08.07.2016,
18:06
NATO urges the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to reduce tension, avoid further violence, and achieve a peaceful solution, Alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said today in Warsaw, the venue of a NATO summit.
YEREVAN, July 8. /ARKA/. NATO urges the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to reduce tension, avoid further violence, and achieve a peaceful solution, Alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said today in Warsaw, the venue of a NATO summit.
Speaking to reporters before the summit, Stoltenberg said he expects the final communiqué of the summit to mention also the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, RIA Novosti reported. He noted that NATO supports all steps aimed at resolving the conflict peacefully.
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---
Speaking to reporters before the summit, Stoltenberg said he expects the final communiqué of the summit to mention also the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, RIA Novosti reported. He noted that NATO supports all steps aimed at resolving the conflict peacefully.
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---
