Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 22
By Elmira Tariverdiyeva – Trend:
The US remains committed to the OSCE Minsk Group process to advance a peaceful and lasting settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said.
She made the remarks at the UN Security Council “Conflicts in Europe” session, the Embassy of Azerbaijan to the US said in a press-release.
The US calls on the sides of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict to respect the ceasefire, implement agreed upon confidence building measures, and resume negotiations, she added.
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.