OSCE: Garabagh Armenians cannot join talks
The Armenian community in Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh cannot join
talks on settling the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, says Goran
Lennmarker, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s special
representative on the dispute.
"There is a known format for the negotiations within the OSCE Minsk Group, and the discussions should continue in this format," Lennmarker told journalists in Baku.
The OSCE PA envoy noted that the long-lasting conflict should be resolved this year. He said the conflict has continued for years, and, despite the 1994 ceasefire agreement, both sides have incurred losses.
Lennmarker added that a military solution of conflicts is inappropriate in the present-day world.
Upper Garabagh is an Azerbaijani region occupied by Armenia since a 1994 cease-fire ended hostilities that killed an estimated 30,000 people and ousted about one million Azerbaijanis from their homes. Armenia continues to occupy Upper Garabagh and seven other Azerbaijani districts in defiance of international law. The OSCE has been brokering peace talks for nearly two decades through a team of mediators representing the United States, Russia and France. However, negotiations have brought few tangible results so far.*
"There is a known format for the negotiations within the OSCE Minsk Group, and the discussions should continue in this format," Lennmarker told journalists in Baku.
The OSCE PA envoy noted that the long-lasting conflict should be resolved this year. He said the conflict has continued for years, and, despite the 1994 ceasefire agreement, both sides have incurred losses.
Lennmarker added that a military solution of conflicts is inappropriate in the present-day world.
Upper Garabagh is an Azerbaijani region occupied by Armenia since a 1994 cease-fire ended hostilities that killed an estimated 30,000 people and ousted about one million Azerbaijanis from their homes. Armenia continues to occupy Upper Garabagh and seven other Azerbaijani districts in defiance of international law. The OSCE has been brokering peace talks for nearly two decades through a team of mediators representing the United States, Russia and France. However, negotiations have brought few tangible results so far.*
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