Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec.6 / Trend, E. Tariverdiyeva /
Russia, as the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair, calls on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict sides to profit by proposals that have been recently developed as a result of the conflict parties' contacts with Russian President Medvedev, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the OSCE Ministerial Council's meeting in Vilnius.
"These proposals were also supported in a joint statement made by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries in Deauville in May 2011," Lavrov 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.