“NATO supports efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group towards peaceful solution of the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict”, Diego Ruiz Palmer, NATO representative stated in Baku on June 16.
He underlined that although NATO doesn’t participate directly in the settlement process of this conflict it follows closely the peace process and supports efforts of the OSCE and UNO.
The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasia started in 1988 over territorial claims raised by Armenia against Azerbaijan. 20 percent of the Azerbaijan territory – Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts are under Armenian occupation. In 1994, the parties signed the ceasefire agreement and since then, the co-chairs to the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the USA are holding unsuccessful peaceful negotiations.
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