OSCE PA President to visit South Caucasus

OSCE PA President to visit South Caucasus
February 23, 2010 - 19:17 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net -
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) high-level delegation, led by President Joao Soares and the Special Representative on Nagorno-Karabakh and Georgia, President Emeritus Goran Lennmarker, will visit South Caucasus region next month.



The visit is scheduled for March 9-16, beginning in Georgia, (March 9- 10), to be continued to Armenia (March 10-13), before ending in Azerbaijan (March 13-16).



This will be the first official visit of Joao Soares as OSCE PA President. Negotiations will focus on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and situation after Georgian- Russian war.



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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