Russia makes huge efforts for resolution of Karabakh conflict- spokesperson
04.07.2016,
16:54
Russia is making huge efforts to help Armenia and Azerbaijan resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict , Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, told reporters in Yerevan today, TASS news agency reported.
YEREVAN, July 4. /ARKA/. Russia is making huge efforts to help Armenia and Azerbaijan resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict , Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, told reporters in Yerevan today, TASS news agency reported.
She said the resolution of this conflict is extremely important for Armenia and the Armenian people.
‘This is why Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is having bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the meeting of foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Yerevan. We are making great efforts so that the conflict’s settlement bring success,” said Zakharova.
During the May 16 meeting in Vienna, Austria, the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to work out safeguards against ceasefire violations around Nagorno-Karabakh and resume their search for a compromise peace deal to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
After the June 20 meeting in St. Petersburg, the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to increase the number of international observers in the Karabakh conflict zone and noted the achievement of mutual understanding on a number of issues that will create conditions for progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement process.
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---
She said the resolution of this conflict is extremely important for Armenia and the Armenian people.
‘This is why Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is having bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the meeting of foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Yerevan. We are making great efforts so that the conflict’s settlement bring success,” said Zakharova.
During the May 16 meeting in Vienna, Austria, the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to work out safeguards against ceasefire violations around Nagorno-Karabakh and resume their search for a compromise peace deal to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
After the June 20 meeting in St. Petersburg, the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to increase the number of international observers in the Karabakh conflict zone and noted the achievement of mutual understanding on a number of issues that will create conditions for progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement process.
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---
