OSCE MG co-chairs plan to visit region in late July

  08 July 2015    Read: 956
OSCE MG co-chairs plan to visit region in late July
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs James Warlick (US), Pierre Andrieu (France) and Igor Popov (Russia) plan to return to the region in late July, the US co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick told on July 8.
Commenting on the recent meeting of the co-chairs in Washington, the diplomat said that the co-chairs held routine consultations in Washington where they met with US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and other senior US government officials to discuss the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and ongoing mediation efforts.

The Minsk Group, the activities of which have become known as the Minsk Process, spearheads the OSCE`s efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh 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 two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council`s four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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