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Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 30
By Azad Hasanli – Trend:
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are expected to meet with Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers in mid-November.
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov announced this at a press conference in Baku Oct. 30.
He said it is not yet clear where the meeting will be held.
He said that the meeting’s venue has not yet been determined yet, however, it is known that the meetings will be held separately with each of the ministers.
“Under the instructions of the head of state, we are trying to intensify the negotiations process. Currently, we are working on this,” noted Mammadyarov.
At the last meeting of the two countries’ presidents, it was decided to intensify the negotiations, said the Azerbaijani minister.
Naturally, it is necessary to intensify the negotiations primarily at the level of foreign ministers, he said, thus, the co-chairs contacted the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides and the preliminary dates of the meeting have been determined.
The exact date and venue of the meeting will be determined soon, added the minister.
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.