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OSCE MG co-chairs to visit South Caucasus region

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 10 July 2015 17:18 (UTC +04:00)
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will visit the South Caucasus region July 20.
OSCE MG co-chairs to visit South Caucasus region

Baku, Azerbaijan, July 10

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OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will visit the South Caucasus region July 20, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told reporters July 10.

He added that the co-chairs will start their visit from Yerevan July 20 and arrive in Azerbaijan July 21.

The Minsk Group, the activities of which have become known as the Minsk Process, spearheads the OSCE's efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

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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