Euractiv media portal has published an article highlighting President of the European Council Donald Tusk`s visit to the South Caucasus.
Headlined "Tusk tour focuses on frozen conflicts" the article says: “Between 20 and 22 July, Tusk visited Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, which are part of the EU`s Eastern partnership initiative. In Armenia, Tusk expressed concern over the recent negative trends around Nagorno-Karabakh, and urged dialogue at the highest level between the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev.”
“Azerbaijan and Armenia have no diplomatic relations, as Armenia-backed separatists are occupying Nagorno-Karabakh, officially territory of Azerbaijan.”
“The dispute is rooted in a bloody war in the early 1990s, following the breakup of the USSR. Yerevan-backed ethnic Armenian separatists seized control of Nagorno-Karabakh and several other regions of Azerbaijan during the conflict, which left some 30,000 dead,” says the article.
“A recent decision by the Council of Europe`s European Court of Human Rights concerning the complaints of seven Azerbaijani nationals who were unable to return or receive compensation for their property in Lachin, in Nagorno-Karabakh, confirmed that Armenia controls the territory.”
“In Baku, Tusk made it clear that the EU has no plans to recognise Nagorno-Karabakh,” says the article.
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Euractiv highlights President of the European Council`s South Caucasus trip
24 July 2015
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