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OSCE expects progress at next meeting on Karabakh conflict

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 27 July 2016 15:37 (UTC +04:00)
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs expect progress in the next meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
OSCE expects progress at next meeting on Karabakh conflict

Baku, Azerbaijan, July 27

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OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs expect progress in the next meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick told RIA Novosti July 27.

The meetings held in Vienna and St. Petersburg played a role in ensuring relative stability and reducing tension on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, said Warlick.

The expected meeting between the presidents should show the desire of the sides to adhere to the ceasefire, according to the US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group.

Warlick said it is also expected that the next meeting will pave way for progress in the negotiation process and make it possible to continue the activities on reducing the tension between the sides.

It is expected that the sides will adhere to their obligations in the light of readiness expressed by the presidents for maintaining the ceasefire, he added.

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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