Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 15 / Trend E.Tariverdiyeva /
In connection with the information published in Armenian and some Russian mass media outlets on Monday and Tuesday regarding the visit of the Slovak "delegation" led by former member of the National Council (Parliament) of Slovakia, Frantisek Miklosko and his meeting with Foreign Minister of the unrecognized "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic", the embassy of Slovakia in Moscow in a letter sent to Trend, said that the visit is an entirely private initiative.
"Mr Frantisek Miklosko is a former Slovakian MP and politician, he headed the Slovak National Council under the Czechoslovak government from 1990 to 1992 and now does not take official positions," the letter said.
"Suffice it once to visit Nagorno-Karabakh in order to understand the absurdity of the opinion that the Nagorno-Karabakh may surrender its independence," Armenian mass media outlets quote first chairman of the Slovakian National Council Frantisek Miklosko as saying at a press-conference in Yerevan.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent 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 U.S. - 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 the surrounding regions.