Azerbaijan, Baku, May 25 / Trend , J.Babayeva/
The meeting between the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in St.Petersburg must be fruitful, Head of the Strategic Researches Centre at the Azerbaijani President Administration Elkhan Nuriyev told journalists.
Leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia are planning to meet within the framework of the economic forum to discuss the ways to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in St.Petersburg in early June.
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.
The world community is well aware that the truth on the side of Azerbaijan, Nuriyev said. "The United States, Russia and the EU recognize the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan. They know who the aggressor and who is the victim of an aggressor in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," he said. "Azerbaijan is ready to contribute utmost to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, but after the withdrawal of Armenian forces from occupied territories, return of refugees and internally displaced persons to their native land," he said.
Armenia should see the realities of contemporary geopolitics of the region, he said. "Armenia must make compromises and to demonstrate constructivism. Azerbaijan's constructivism has passed all bounds," Nuriyev said.
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