Spokesperson- OSCE not involved in preparation of tripartite meeting on Karabakh conflict
15.06.2016,
11:27
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is not involved in efforts to pave the way for a three-party summit on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, slated for June 20 in the Russian St. Petersburg, OSCE acting spokesperson Natacha Rajakovic told Tass on Tuesday.
YEREVAN, June 15. /ARKA/. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is not involved in efforts to pave the way for a three-party summit on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, slated for June 20 in the Russian St. Petersburg, OSCE acting spokesperson Natacha Rajakovic told Tass on Tuesday.
She said since the European security agency was not involved in the work to organize the summit in St. Petersburg she could not comment on it.
An aide to Russian president Vladimir Putin, Yuri Ushakov, said Tuesday that Putin will meet June 20 with the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev in St. Petersburg to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. According to him, Putin is expected to have separate meetings with Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev and then the three presidents will hold talks together.
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 since the European security agency was not involved in the work to organize the summit in St. Petersburg she could not comment on it.
An aide to Russian president Vladimir Putin, Yuri Ushakov, said Tuesday that Putin will meet June 20 with the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev in St. Petersburg to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. According to him, Putin is expected to have separate meetings with Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev and then the three presidents will hold talks together.
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-
