Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct.15 / Trend, E. Tariverdiyeva /
Ankara hosted regular consultations between the State Secretary - Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkey Firudin Sinirlioglu on regional issues on Oct.14, the Russian Foreign Ministry's website reported.
Views were exchanged on topical issues in Central Asia and Caucasus, including the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the report said.
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 7 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.