PACE says necessary to find solution over Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
It’s necessary to find solution over Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said Anne Brasseur, chairperson of the PACE.
She made the remarks speaking at the regular session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
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.
Armenia is unwilling to peacefully resolve the long-standing conflict and is interested in and determined to maintain the current status quo that means keeping part of Azerbaijan’s internationally-recognized territory under occupation.
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