Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved peacefully within the international law and principles, President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers said on August 10in Baku, AzTV state television reported.
Zatlers said that it is impossible to be hurry in this issue, the OSCE Minsk Group deals with the solution of the conflict and takes some steps to resolve the conflict. "We must be careful and cautious. We would not like to see talks ending without results," the President of Latvia said to a joint press conference after talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev during his first official visit to Azerbaijan.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December 1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7 districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.