OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS TO VISIT AZERBAIJAN

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10.09.2007 11:13:40

Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend K.Ramazanova / The OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairs will pay a next visit to Baku on 18 September, Elmar
Mammadyarov, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister said on 10 September.

During the talks in Baku the diplomats will discuss prospects of
peaceable resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.

The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus began in 1988
due to territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia has
occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land including the Nagorno-Karabakh
region and its seven surrounding Districts. Since 1992, these
territories have been under the occupation of the Armenian Forces. In
1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time
the active hostilities ended. The Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
(Russia, France and USA) are currently holding peaceful negotiations.