The planned meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Paris is a positive action, the head of the EU representative office to Azerbaijan Malena Mard told reporters Oct. 22.
“Holding of such high-level meetings is very important,” she said. “We expect that these actions will change the status quo.”
Earlier, French President Francois Hollande voiced an initiative to hold a meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Paris.
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 U.S. are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four U.N. Security Council resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
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