AzerNews, Azerbaijan
German MP: Karabakh conflict settlement should base on Madrid principles
11:11 (UTC+04:00)
By Rashid Shirinov
The Madrid principles should be base of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, German parliamentary Christoph Bergner told news.am on May 28.
“I think we all need to understand that the Madrid principles must underlie the solution of this complicated conflict,” said the MP.
Bergner added that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved through peaceful negotiations. “Germany cannot resolve the conflict. It needs to be solved in the framework of the OSCE Minsk group, and only through negotiations."
Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a lengthy war that ended with signing of a fragile ceasefire in 1994. Since the war, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities.
While the OSCE Minsk Group acted as the only mediator in resolution of the conflict, the occupation of the territory of the sovereign state with its internationally recognized boundaries has been left out of due attention of the international community for years.
Armenia ignores four UN Security Council resolutions on immediate withdrawal from the occupied territory of Azerbaijan, thus keeping tension high in the region.