Azerbaijan, Baku, May 13 / Trend /
On Wednesday, within discussions on main aspects of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union at the plenary meeting of the European Parliament, a Swedish MP, Anna Ibrisagic in her speech noted the worsening of situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
Ibrisagic also asked EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, who was present at the meeting, if she was aware of the current events in the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and what steps the EU intends to take to prevent the potential aggravation of the conflict.
Ashton replied that the EU is constantly discussing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan and Armenia and is trying to support progress in the settlement process.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.