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Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh says mediation needed for dialogue with Armenians

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 16 December 2011 14:04 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh calls on the international organizations to mediate a meeting with Armenian community, Azerbaijani community's member, MP Rovshan Rzayev told Trend today.
Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh says mediation needed for dialogue with Armenians

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 16 / Trend M.Aliyev /

Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh calls on the international organizations to mediate a meeting with Armenian community, Azerbaijani community's member, MP Rovshan Rzayev told Trend today.

"We use all opportunities in this direction," Rzayev said. "We need bigger support so that these people would attend a meeting."

He noted that the communities should make a contribution to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict using potential of past relations, the older generation and positive people.

Both communities of Nagorno-Karabakh are scheduled to meet in late January - early in February in Moscow, Rzayev stated. The communities were to meet in late November, but later postponed due to elections in Russia.

At the same time a meeting of representatives of both communities was planned to be held in Berlin on Nov. 28, but Armenian representatives refused from participation in the dialogue.

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.

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