{"id":46269,"date":"2017-10-05T10:59:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1905.az\/?p=46269"},"modified":"2017-10-05T10:59:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T06:59:04","slug":"us-co-chair-osce-mg-visits-nagorno-karabakh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1905.az\/en\/us-co-chair-osce-mg-visits-nagorno-karabakh\/","title":{"rendered":"US co-chair of OSCE MG visits Nagorno Karabakh"},"content":{"rendered":"

The newly appointed U.S. Co-chair of the\u00a0<\/span>OSCE<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Minsk Group,\u00a0Andrew Schofer,\u00a0has paid a visit to Nagorno Karabakh.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. co-chair met with leader of the separatist\u00a0regime\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span>Nagorno-Karabakh\u00a0<\/span><\/a>region\u00a0Bako Sahakyan<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>APA<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>reported citing Armenpress.<\/p>\n

We discussed various issues connected with the conflict,\u00a0Schofer told the reporters after the meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am aware of the conflict. It\u2019s really complicated and for its peaceful settlement we, together with the other\u00a0<\/span>OSCE<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Minsk Group Co-chairs, will continue to pay regular visits to the region,\u201d added the co-chair.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Nagorno-Karabakh\u00a0<\/span><\/a>conflict entered its modern phase when the Armenian SRR made territorial claims against the Azerbaijani SSR in 1988.<\/p>\n

A fierce war broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the\u00a0<\/span>Nagorno-Karabakh\u00a0<\/span><\/a>region of Azerbaijan. As a result of the war, Armenian armed forces occupied some 20 percent of Azerbaijani territory which includes\u00a0<\/span>Nagorno-Karabakh\u00a0<\/span><\/a>and seven adjacent districts (Lachin,\u00a0<\/span>Kalbajar<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Aghdam<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Fuzuli<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Jabrayil<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Gubadli<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Zangilan<\/a>), and over a million Azerbaijanis became refugees and internally displaced people.<\/p>\n

The military operations finally came to an end when Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in Bishkek in 1994.<\/p>\n

Dealing with the settlement of the\u00a0<\/span>Nagorno-Karabakh\u00a0<\/span><\/a>conflict is the\u00a0<\/span>OSCE<\/a>Minsk Group, which was created after the meeting of the CSCE (OSCE<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>after the Budapest summit held in December 1994) Ministerial Council in Helsinki on 24 March 1992. The Group\u2019s members include Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Belarus, Finland and Sweden.<\/p>\n

Besides, the\u00a0<\/span>OSCE<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Minsk Group has a co-chairmanship institution, comprised of Russian, the US and French co-chairs, which began operating in 1996.<\/p>\n

Resolutions 822, 853, 874 and 884 of the UN Security Council, which were passed in short intervals in 1993, and other resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly,\u00a0<\/span>PACE<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>OSCE<\/a>, OIC, and other organizations require Armenia to unconditionally withdraw its troops from Nagorno-Karabakh.<\/p>\n

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APA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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