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Difficult to achieve peace in S.Caucasus with double standards – Abdullah Gul

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 28 April 2015 14:02 (UTC +04:00)
It is difficult to achieve peace in the South Caucasus due to the use of double standards.
Difficult to achieve peace in S.Caucasus with double standards – Abdullah Gul

Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr.28

By Seymur Aliyev - Trend:

It is difficult to achieve peace in the South Caucasus due to the use of double standards, Turkey's former President Abdullah Gul told reporters in Baku.

He made the remarks on the sidelines of the 3rd Global Shared Societies Forum April 28.

The continuation of occupation of Azerbaijani lands by Armenia and ineffectiveness of the negotiations on this issue proves that the international community uses double standards in the settlement of conflicts in South Caucasus, according to Gul.

The 3rd Baku Global Shared Societies Forum kicked off in Baku on April 28.

The Azerbaijani State Committee for Work with Diaspora and the Nizami Ganjavi International Center organized the event.

The forum is being held on the "Building Trust in the Emerging World Order" topic.

The event is to discuss topics and issues related to the fight against terrorism, ethnic and religious conflict resolution, democracy development, education reform, and environment preservation.

The forum provides a space for current and ex-presidents, prime ministers, ministers, and leading scholars and experts to assess the current state of the world and the most pressing threats to international security and peace, and to elaborate concrete steps for today's leadership to overcome these divisions.

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 the UN Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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