Baku, Azerbaijan, June 20
By Anakhanum Idayatova – Trend:
Today’s meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in St. Petersburg will build trust between the sides, accelerate confidence-building and create conditions for a framework document on peace on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, James Warlick, OSCE Minsk Group's US co-chair, tweeted June 20.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
A meeting will be held between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen in St. Petersburg June 20.