Baku, Azerbaijan, Mar. 6
Trend:
Iran calls on the sides of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to show restraint and resolve the conflict through political means, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said at a press conference, Mehr reports.
Answering a question about the US involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution, Qasemi noted that it would be better for the United States to have a realistic point of view in the conflict.
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.