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EU to continue support OSCE MG on Karabakh issue

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 15 December 2016 11:04 (UTC +04:00)
The European Union (EU) will continue to support the OSCE Minsk Group (MG) on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
EU to continue support OSCE MG on Karabakh issue

Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 15

By Elchin Mehdiyev – Trend:

The European Union (EU) will continue to support the OSCE Minsk Group (MG) on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Malena Mard, head of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan, told reporters Dec. 15 in Baku.

Mard noted that Herbert Salber, the EU special representative for the South Caucasus, met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Hamburg.

During the year, Salber visited Azerbaijan five times, said Mard and expressed hope that these visits will also continue in 2017.

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.

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