"INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST MAKE MORE EFFORTS TO SOLVE FROZEN CONFLICTS" – EU CHAIRMAN
Trend News Agency
July 18 2008
Azerbaijan
Chairman of the European Union (EU) calls on international community
to make more efforts to solve frozen conflicts.
"International community must make more efforts to solve frozen
conflicts in Central Asia, Afghanistan and South Caucasus and
to support OSCE operation in Kosovo," French Foreign Minister, EU
Chairman Bernard Kouchner said.
As to frozen regional conflicts, Kouchner said situation in Georgia
is aggravating day by day. "We must be more innovative and dynamic,"
he said.
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is also a frozen one. 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 peace negotiations.