EU SPECIAL ENVOY NOT EXCLUDE POSSIBILITY TO VISIT OCCUPIED AZERBAIJANI TERRITORIES

Trend News Agency
June 3 2008
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, 3 June /corr. Trend News M.Aliyev / European Union’s
Special Representative for South Caucasus, Peter Semneby, does not
exclude the possibility to visit occupied Azerbaijani territories if
the conflicting sides give consent.

"If the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict sides give consent, I can visit
Nagorno-Karabakh," Semneby said.

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

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress