Garabagh mediators to meet foreign ministers in Europe
The OSCE mediators brokering settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan
conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh are expected to meet the two
countries’ foreign ministers in Europe in the coming days to
discuss how to move forward talks on settling the long-standing
dispute, says a statement released by the Minsk Group co-chairs on
Thursday.
The co-chairs - incoming Russian mediator Igor Popov, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States – briefed the Minsk Group in Vienna on Wednesday on the current status of peace talks. They underscored the commitment of the parties to make progress on the elaboration of a settlement based on the Madrid principles, a peace outline submitted by the mediators, as well as the elements contained in the joint statement issued by presidents of the co-chair countries at the L'Aquila summit in July 2009.
In his last trip to Vienna as the Russian co-chair, the outgoing mediator Yuri Merzlyakov formally introduced Ambassador Popov to the Minsk Group as his successor.
Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a cease-fire in 1994, but Armenia continues to occupy Upper Garabagh and seven other Azerbaijani districts in defiance of international law. The ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but over a decade of efforts by the Minsk Group co-chairs have been largely fruitless so far.*
The co-chairs - incoming Russian mediator Igor Popov, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States – briefed the Minsk Group in Vienna on Wednesday on the current status of peace talks. They underscored the commitment of the parties to make progress on the elaboration of a settlement based on the Madrid principles, a peace outline submitted by the mediators, as well as the elements contained in the joint statement issued by presidents of the co-chair countries at the L'Aquila summit in July 2009.
In his last trip to Vienna as the Russian co-chair, the outgoing mediator Yuri Merzlyakov formally introduced Ambassador Popov to the Minsk Group as his successor.
Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a cease-fire in 1994, but Armenia continues to occupy Upper Garabagh and seven other Azerbaijani districts in defiance of international law. The ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but over a decade of efforts by the Minsk Group co-chairs have been largely fruitless so far.*
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