France committed to efforts on Karabakh conflict settlement

  03 December 2015    Read: 990
France committed to efforts on Karabakh conflict settlement
France, along with other co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia and the United States – is committed to continuing efforts to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said Harlem Désir, French secretary of state for European affairs.

He made the remarks Dec. 3 at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade, Serbia.

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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