Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 11
Trend:
France remains committed to its obligations to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict peacefully, French Ambassador to Armenia Jean-Francois Charpentier said at a meeting with Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Galust Sahakyan, Armenian news website 1in reported Dec. 11.
The ambassador said that the recent incidents on the contact line can not contribute to the progress in the negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh.
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.
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