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Russian FM arrives in Vienna for talks on Karabakh conflict

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 16 May 2016 19:20 (UTC +04:00)
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Vienna to take part in the discussions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and in a meeting of the International Syria Support Group.
Russian FM arrives in Vienna for talks on Karabakh conflict

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 16

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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Vienna to take part in the discussions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and in a meeting of the International Syria Support Group, RIA Novosti reported May 16.

Lavrov will participate in the talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict together with the US Secretary of State John Kerry and France's Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault as the representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group's co-chairing countries.

The meeting of the International Syria Support Group will be held in Vienna on May 17.

On the night of April 2, 2016, all the frontier positions of Azerbaijan were subjected to heavy fire from the Armenian side, which used large-caliber weapons, mortars and grenade launchers. The armed clashes resulted in deaths and injuries among the Azerbaijani population. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-attack, which led to liberation of several strategic heights and settlements.

Military operations were stopped on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies on Apr. 5 at 12:00 (UTC/GMT + 4 hours) with the consent of the sides, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry earlier said. Ignoring the agreement, the Armenian side again started violating the ceasefire.

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 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.

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