By Trend
It was agreed that intensive negotiations will be held on the
basis of existing ideas and proposals after the presidential
elections in Armenia and Azerbaijan, said Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry’s Spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev.
He also said that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs during the visit to the country.
“During the visit, concrete discussions were held with the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairs on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of the views put forward at
the Krakow meeting. It was agreed that after the presidential
elections in Armenia and Azerbaijan, intensive negotiations will be
continued on the basis of existing opinions and proposals,” noted
Hajiyev.
“As a country that has been subjected to aggression and
occupation, Azerbaijan supports efforts to resolve the conflict as
soon as possible through substantive and logical negotiations. As
the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs have repeatedly stated at the level
of the heads of state, the status quo based on the occupation is
unacceptable and can't be prolonged,” said the Azerbaijani
official.
“The status quo must be changed. In order to change the status
quo, the Armenian armed forces must be completely and
unconditionally withdrawn from the territories of Azerbaijan, as
required by UN Security Council Resolutions 822, 853, 874 and 884,”
added Hajiyev.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in
1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a
result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.
The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council
resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the
Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
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