Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 19/ Trend , K.Zarbaliyeva/
Arrangements have completed for a military-cooperation agreement between Azerbaijan and Belgium, new Belgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Philippe Jottar said at a meeting with Azerbaijani Defense Minister General-Colonel Safar Abiyev on Jan. 19.
The Defense Ministry has signed bilateral cooperation agreements with more than 20 countries and military-cooperation pacts with 50 countries.
Abiyev said Armenian armed forces have not withdrawn from Azerbaijani territories and the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group have proven fruitless.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
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