Today, Azerbaijan
March 7 2010

Azerbaijani FM discussed Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with French
President’s adviser

07 March 2010 [00:55] – Today.Az

During his visit to Paris Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov met with President Nicolas Sarkozy’s chief foreign policy
adviser Jean-David Levitte, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s official
representative Elkhan Polukhov told Trend News.

Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was discussed during
the meeting. Foreign Minister brought Azerbaijan’s position to French
adviser’s attention.

French diplomat, in his turn, stressed that French President Nicolas
Sarkozy’s promise, given in the last meeting with Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev on his personal intervention in the issue and
continuation of efforts to resolve the conflict, remains in force.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the U.S. – are
currently holding the peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the
occupied territories.

/Trend News/

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