OSCE acting chairman’s special representative to visit Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 26 / Trend E. Tariverdiyeva / The special representative (Ireland) of the OSCE acting chairman on the South Caucasus Patrick Murphy will arrive in Azerbaijan within his regional visit on Thursday evening, a diplomatic source told Trend. During the visit, Murphy plans to hold meetings with Deputy Foreign Ministers Araz Azimov and Mahmud Mammadguliyev. He plans to meet with representatives of the Defense Ministry and the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh. The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az