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Azerbaijani FM: OSCE MG co-chairmen to develop compromise between conflicting parties (UPDATE)
2011.10.10 14:12 (UTC +05:00)
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Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 10 / Trend S. Agayeva /
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen's upcoming visit to the South Caucasus will be aimed at finding a compromise between the conflicting parties, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told press on Monday.
Mammadyarov said that the co-chairmen's regular visit will take place by late October.
The parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have reached an agreement on certain issues. But there are some items creating obstacles in the negotiation process, minister said.
"The formula is required to find a compromise," he said. "The mediators' upcoming visit is aimed at finding this formula."
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.
Mammadyarov said that the main goal at this stage is to return the occupied lands to Azerbaijan, rather than to determine the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. According to it, internally displaced persons must return there.
"The main thing is to return the occupied territories," he said. "The status can be resolved only at the last stage."
The current status quo can not continue, he said. French President Nicolas Sarkozy also confirmed this during his visit to Baku and Yerevan last weekend.
"Azerbaijan's position is clear," he said. "The sooner we will achieve peace, the better."
© Trend News Agency
The details were added (the first version was posted at 2:01 p.m.)
Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 10 / Trend S. Agayeva /
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen's upcoming visit to the South Caucasus will be aimed at finding a compromise between the conflicting parties, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told press on Monday.
Mammadyarov said that the co-chairmen's regular visit will take place by late October.
The parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have reached an agreement on certain issues. But there are some items creating obstacles in the negotiation process, minister said.
"The formula is required to find a compromise," he said. "The mediators' upcoming visit is aimed at finding this formula."
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.
Mammadyarov said that the main goal at this stage is to return the occupied lands to Azerbaijan, rather than to determine the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. According to it, internally displaced persons must return there.
"The main thing is to return the occupied territories," he said. "The status can be resolved only at the last stage."
The current status quo can not continue, he said. French President Nicolas Sarkozy also confirmed this during his visit to Baku and Yerevan last weekend.
"Azerbaijan's position is clear," he said. "The sooner we will achieve peace, the better."
© Trend News Agency
