PACE wants agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict signed in Kazan (UPDATE)

2011.06.20 15:45

The details were added after the second paragraph (the first version was posted at 2:46 p.m.)

France, Strasbourg, June 20 / Trend A. Maharramli /
PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu hopes that an agreement on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be signed at the forthcoming presidential meeting in Kazan.

"I hope that an agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be signed at the forthcoming presidential meeting in Kazan," Cavusoglu said at a press-conference in Strasbourg within the PACE summer session.

"Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will preside at the meeting," he said. "Nobody can be happy if an agreement will not be signed at this presidential meeting to resolve the conflict. We are pleased with the advancements in this context."
Expressing his attitude to the activity of the subcommittee on Nagorno-Karabakh, PACE president said that the resolutions adopted by the organization must be implemented.
"Regarding the activity of the subcommittee on Nagorno-Karabakh, I can say that our Assembly has adopted many recommendations, resolutions and statements on this issue," he said. "The Assembly's decisions can not meet everyone - members of the delegations and PACE member-countries. We should know one thing: we are determined to use recommendations and resolutions adopted by the PACE."
The Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian presidents will meet in Kazan on June 24.
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 seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE MinskGroup - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.