No alternative to peaceful settlement – Paris meeting on Karabakh
28.10.2014,
12:49
The meeting on Karabakh peace process in Paris stressed there is no alternative to peaceful settlement, the press office of the Armenian president reported.
YEREVAN, October 28. /ARKA/. The meeting on Karabakh peace process in Paris stressed there is no alternative to peaceful settlement, the press office of the Armenian president reported.
Talks on Karabakh conflict were held on Monday at Marine Palace in Paris, initiated by France’s president Francois Hollande.
After their tripartite meeting with Hollande, Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliev met with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and Personal Representative to OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andjey Kasprshik. Sargsyan and Aliev had a tete-a-tete meeting afterwards.
The outcome of the talks was finalized at a late night meeting between Hollande, Sargsyan, Aliev, Kasprshik and OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov (Russia), James Warlick (USA) and Pierre Andio (France).
The participants of the meeting stressed the importance of further dialogue under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group and efforts to enhance mutual trust for achieving progress in the peace talks. It has been mentioned in the meeting there is no alternative to peaceful settlement of the conflict, says the report. An agreement has been reached to continue high-level meetings.
France’ president gave an official dinner for the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Tripartite meetings on Karabakh conflict have become a recurrent effort. Such meetings are usually initiated by the Russian president, with the most recent one held in Sochi on August 10 and having reduced the tense on the Armenia-Azerbaijan contact line.
A similar meeting was arranged by US Secretary of State at a NATO summit in Newport on September 4.
The Karabakh conflict started in 1988 when prevailingly Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh declared withdrawal from Azerbaijan. On December 10, 1991, a referendum was held in Nagorno-Karabakh where 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 thousand 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--
Talks on Karabakh conflict were held on Monday at Marine Palace in Paris, initiated by France’s president Francois Hollande.
After their tripartite meeting with Hollande, Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliev met with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and Personal Representative to OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andjey Kasprshik. Sargsyan and Aliev had a tete-a-tete meeting afterwards.
The outcome of the talks was finalized at a late night meeting between Hollande, Sargsyan, Aliev, Kasprshik and OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Popov (Russia), James Warlick (USA) and Pierre Andio (France).
The participants of the meeting stressed the importance of further dialogue under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group and efforts to enhance mutual trust for achieving progress in the peace talks. It has been mentioned in the meeting there is no alternative to peaceful settlement of the conflict, says the report. An agreement has been reached to continue high-level meetings.
France’ president gave an official dinner for the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Tripartite meetings on Karabakh conflict have become a recurrent effort. Such meetings are usually initiated by the Russian president, with the most recent one held in Sochi on August 10 and having reduced the tense on the Armenia-Azerbaijan contact line.
A similar meeting was arranged by US Secretary of State at a NATO summit in Newport on September 4.
The Karabakh conflict started in 1988 when prevailingly Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh declared withdrawal from Azerbaijan. On December 10, 1991, a referendum was held in Nagorno-Karabakh where 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 thousand 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--
