Armenian, Azeri leaders' meeting to promote Karabakh settlement: envoy

Armenian, Azeri leaders' meeting to promote Karabakh settlement: envoy

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A meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents can give a new impetus to the solution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, a U.S. ambassador to OSCE said.

At the OSCE Permanent Council meeting, Daniel Baer welcomed the Presidents’ decision to meet and discuss further steps for the solution of the conflict.

“It is high time to turn words into actions. U.S., as a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, will continue working with the conflicting parties towards the peaceful solution of the conflict,” he said.

Daniel Baer also hailed the mediatory work of the co-chairs and the Special Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office with the conflicting parties.

“There’s no alternative to negotiated, peaceful solution of the conflict,” he said, according to APA.

A meeting between the Armenian and Azeri Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev will take place November 19 in Vienna or Zurich, Hraparak daily said earlier citing own sources.

“Expectations from the meeting are not great, the latter being more of a nominal nature. The U.S. side seeks to reaffirm control over the negotiating process, also trying to prevent Russia from using the Ossetian-Abkhazian scenario,” the daily said.

At the meeting, Armenian side will insist on Karabakh’s involvement in the conflict settlement negotiations, the source said.

Photo: osce.usmission.gov
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The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan

The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out as result of the ethnic cleansing launched by the Azeri authorities in the final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from 1991 (when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed) to 1994 (when a ceasefire was sealed by Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan). Most of Nagorno Karabakh and a security zone consisting of 7 regions are now under control of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now.

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