Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan

Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict should be Solved through Territorial
Integrity of Azerbaijan: Czech Minister

04.07.08 11:43

Azerbaijan, Baku, 4 July / corr Trend News S.Agayeva / The Czech
Republic adheres exact position on the [Armenian-Azerbaijani]
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, urging its resolution within the framework
of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

` Czech Republic’s position on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict urges
the peaceable resolution to the problem within the framework of the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan,’ Karel Schvartzenberg, the Czech
foreign minister, stated in Baku on 4 July. This is the problem of
international scale, but not only of Azerbaijan, the he stressed.

The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began in
1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since
1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. 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 the US) are currently holding peaceful
negotiations.