ARMENIA COMMITTED TO REDUCING TENSIONS IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
Cihan News Agency, Turkey
Feb 6 2015
BAKU – 06.02.2015 11:18:24
A good meeting was held with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement as
part of the Munich Security Conference, the US Co-chair of the OSCE
Minsk Group James Warlick wrote in Twitter Feb. 6.
He said that Nalbandian expressed commitment to reducing tensions in
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
“We welcome his commitment to reducing tensions,” Warlick wrote.
Armenian armed forces have broken the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 86
times in numerous positions in the last 24 hours, Azerbaijani Defense
Ministry said on Feb.6.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently
holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions
on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.