Moscow interested in speedy settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Moscow is interested in the settlement of this conflict in the shortest possible time.
Chairman of Russian Liberal-Democratic Party, member of the
State Council, deputy of State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky made the
remark while speaking before the students of the Baku Slavic
University on September 26.
He said the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved at the
level of the heads of states, adding that the settlement of the
conflict will be beneficial both for Azerbaijanis and
Armenians.
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 two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are
currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
The Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a very painful issue and Russia