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Date of Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders’ meeting announced (UPDATE)

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 17 February 2011 18:03 (UTC +04:00)

The details were added after the first paragraph (the first version was posted at 17:35)
Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 17 / Trend E.Huseynov/

Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, intend to meet in Sochi on March 5, U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza said on Thursday

"In my post I will do everything to help co-chairmen in the negotiations. The main goal is to achieve long-term peace through bilateral compromise," the ambassador said.

He said that peaceful resolving of the conflict will bring peace and prosperity throughout the region and strengthen the welfare of its peoples.

"The bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and U.S. have broad strategic issues, including security issues, energy issues and internal reforms," the ambassador said.

He said that none of these issues is more important than the Nagorno-Karabakh process.
Bryza is confident that there is no military solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The co-chairmen's task is not to use the military way of conflict.

The last meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia was held in Astrakhan in October 2010.

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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