France, Strasbourg, April 25 / Trend A.Maharramli /
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Jean-Claude Mignon met with the heads of the delegations of Azerbaijan and Armenia on Wednesday.
The meeting stressed the importance of the meetings between the delegations in order to resolve the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict peacefully. The sides also exchanged views regarding the issue to continue such meetings in the future.
Mignon said during the meeting he plans to visit both countries in the future.
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 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.