Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 11
Trend:
Turkey is in contact with both sides of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in order to make contribution to the conflict’s solution, RIA Novosti quoted Turkish ambassador in Russia Umit Yardim as saying.
“Turkey attaches great importance to the problem’s solution,” said Yardim at the “Russia Today” press conference.
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.