He said that Latvia is constantly discussing the issue with Baku and Yerevan.
"The principles, worked out by the OSCE Minsk Group, must be observed,” Rinkevics said. “We are concerned about the violation of the ceasefire regime on the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops. The work must be intensified in this direction through diplomatic channels."
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 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
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