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Baku: Yerevan leaves no chances to positively assess conflict settlement process

24 February 2017 15:36 (UTC+04:00)
Baku: Yerevan leaves no chances to positively assess conflict settlement process

By Laman Ismayilova

The Armenian foreign minister hasn’t left chances to positively assess the process of settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov made the remark in Baku on February 24, while commenting on the conflict settlement process and upcoming meetings to be held in this regard.

Mammadyarov noted that he is not optimistic about the negotiations on the conflict resolution.

“Armenia continues to accuse Azerbaijan of unconstructive position, while the Armenian side tries in every possible way to interpret the principles of international law,” Mammadyarov said.

“Azerbaijan has repeatedly voiced its position on the peaceful settlement of the conflict, and it is clear who create obstacles to this.”

Azerbaijan and Armenia for over two decades have been locked in conflict, which emerged over Armenian territorial claims. Since the 1990s war, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions. The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal, but they have not been enforced to this day.

The minister further added that he intends to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement during an official visit to Moscow in March.

"During my visit to Moscow, we will discuss with the Russian side, which for many years is acting as a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, further actions on the conflict settlement,” he said.

Russia along with the U.S. and France is a co-chair country of the OSCE Minsk Group established to broker a peace to the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

While the OSCE Minsk Group acted as the only mediator in resolution of the conflict, the occupation of the territory of the sovereign State with its internationally recognized boundaries has been left out of due attention of the international community for years.

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