Israel backs OSCE MG efforts for Karabakh conflict resolution
By Rashid Shirinov
Israel supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan, Israel’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Dan Stav said at a press conference in Baku on April 6.
The ambassador expressed support to efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group, established to broker a peace to the conflict.
Stav also noted that the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved by peaceful means, as a “military solution to the conflict will lead to human losses.”
Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions from Azerbaijan in a war that followed the Soviet breakup in 1991. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and nearly 1 million were displaced as a result of the war.
Large-scale hostilities ended with a Russia-brokered ceasefire in 1994 but Armenia continued the occupation in defiance of four UN Security Council resolutions calling for immediate and unconditional withdrawal. Peace talks mediated by Russia, France and the U.S. have produced no results so far.
Israel has always stated it supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan and wishes an early resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by peaceful means.
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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov
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