Azerbaijan , Baku, Sept.23 / Trend, E. Tariverdiyeva /
Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group discussed the process of resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Mediamax reported.
Nalbandian met with the Russian and U.S. co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov and Robert Bradtke, as well as the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Personal Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk in New York.
The sides discussed fulfilling previous agreements on investigations of incidents at the contact line. The agreements were reached at a trilateral meeting between Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Russian presidents in Astrakhan in October 2010.
As a result of talks between the presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia - Ilham Aliyev, Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan - in Astrakhan, as the parties directly involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed the declaration on Oct. 27, 2010, which is of a humanitarian nature and provides for the return of prisoners of war.
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 seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the United States - are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding regions.