Baku, Azerbaijan, June 27
By Anakhanum Idayatova - Trend:
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Germany's Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Baku on June 30, Trend learned from diplomatic sources June 27.
Steinmeier will meet with high-ranking officials of the country to discuss the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and bilateral relations.
Moreover, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office will also visit Georgia and Armenia.
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.