Warlick to talk about Karabakh peace process with Azerbaijani FM
27.01.2015,
11:19
The US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick will discuss the Kaparakh peace process issues with Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mamediarov in Poland, Azerbaijani mass media reported on Tuesday.
YEREVAN, January 27. /ARKA/. The US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick will discuss the Kaparakh peace process issues with Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mamediarov in Poland, Azerbaijani mass media reported on Tuesday.
Warlick twitted earlier that he was heading to Poland to meet with Mamediarov and discuss the maintaining of the cease fire and further steps with him.
Mamediarov will be in Poland to participate in the events on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
The Karabakh conflict started in 1988 when prevailingly Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh declared withdrawal from Azerbaijan. In a referendum on December 10, 1991, 99.89% of Nagorno-Karabakh population 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--
