BAKU WELCOMES IRAN’S MEDIATION PLAN
Press TV
April 20 2010
Iran
Baku has welcomed an initiative by Tehran for resolving the dispute
between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region,
Azeri media report.
"I would like to remind that Iran is a country that participated in the
negotiation process to resolve this conflict, being on the position
of supporting the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan," said Foreign
Ministry Spokesman Elkhan Polukhov, quoted by Azeri news agency Trend.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has suggested a trilateral
meeting involving the foreign ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan
and Iran.
"The Karabakh conflict can be resolved through negotiations and on
the basis of justice," Mottaki said.
Both Azerbaijan and Armenia claim the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh,
which is largely populated by Armenians but located in Azerbaijan.
Armenia took control of Nagorno-Karabakh after a short but bloody war
with Azerbaijan that left around 30,000 people dead in the early 1990s.
A ceasefire was agreed to in 1994, but the dispute remains unresolved
despite years of international mediations.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
