Russia looks through the Moscow Declaration on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that was signed among the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia as a “Road Map” on further settlement of the conflict, Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Vasiliy Istratov said to journalists on November 20.
The Presidents of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, Armenia, Serj Sarkisian and Russia, Dmitry Medvedev signed the Declaration as a result of their meeting in Moscow’s “Mayn Dorf” castle on November 2. Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents decided to normalize situation in Caucasus and charged the heads of the Foreign Ministries to continue work over the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Declaration implies the solution to the conflict on the basis of the international law and the adopted documents. And this creates a helpful situation for economic development and all-round co-operation in the region.
“The views about the initiative to involve Nagorno-Karabakh in settling the conflict processes are mere views and statements. We must proceed from what we have – the Moscow Declaration, and this document does not have a signature of the Nagorno-Karabakh representatives. We must wait to see the developments”, he said.
The Moscow Declaration confirms Russia’s aspiration to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by political ways, Sergei Vinokurov, chief to the Presidential Administration of Russia for Interregional Relations and Cultural Contacts with Foreign Countries said to journalists in Baku on November 20.
The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasia started in 1988 over territorial claims raised by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Until December 1991, Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojaly. But in 1992-93, Shusha, Khojaly and seven surrounding districts of Nagorno-Karabakh were occupied too. In 1994, the parties signed the ceasefire agreement and hold fruitless peace talks under the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the USA till today.
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