Russia, Moscow,
Dec. 29 /corr. Trend R.Agayev / The outgoing year, especially its end, was
marked with positive steps in the Armenian-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement, the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Andrey Denisov, said
on Dec. 29 in Moscow, answering the question of Trend correspondent.
He said that Russia is equally interested both in the friendly relations with Azerbaijan and in the same friendly relations with Armenia.
"Completely sincerely Russia attempts to do everything depending on it so that these two countries would find a solution satisfying them, overcoming difficult, heavy and unhealthy conflict, in particular for Azerbaijan," said Denisov.
The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus began in 1988 due to territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia has occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding Districts. Since 1992, these territories have been under the occupation of the Armenian Forces. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time the active hostilities ended. The Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Russia, France and USA) are currently holding peaceful negotiations.
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