Illegal occupation of Azerbaijani territories lasting for years must be stopped, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday, speaking at the UN General Assembly, Haber7 news portal reported.
"It is unacceptable that the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh remains unresolved," he 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.