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Ambassador: EU does not intend to join OSCE Minsk Group's activity on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Azerbaijan, Baku, May 26 / Trend E. Ostapenko /
The EU fully supports the OSCE Minsk Group's activity to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the principles of its activity, the head of the EU delegation in Azerbaijan Roland Kobia said at a press-conference in Baku. He commented on the proposal of intensifying the settlement of the conflict marked in the EU's new report.
The European Union is ready to strengthen its involvement in resolving the protracted conflicts, the report "Renewed European Neighbourhood Policy", presented on May 25, said.
The EU must be ready to intensify its involvement in the formats where it has not been represented yet, such as the OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, the report said.
"The EU has been never invited to join the OSCE Minsk Group, but we want to be helpful and do everything we can outside the group," the ambassador said.
Talking about the positive aspects of cooperation between Azerbaijan and the EU, Kobia said that the negotiations for peaceful settlement of the conflict are being held at a high level. It allowed exchanging the prisoners and making a joint declaration by the parties of the conflict at the summit in Astana
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the occupied territories.
The EU fully supports the OSCE Minsk Group's activity to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the principles of its activity, the head of the EU delegation in Azerbaijan Roland Kobia said at a press-conference in Baku. He commented on the proposal of intensifying the settlement of the conflict marked in the EU's new report.
The European Union is ready to strengthen its involvement in resolving the protracted conflicts, the report "Renewed European Neighbourhood Policy", presented on May 25, said.
The EU must be ready to intensify its involvement in the formats where it has not been represented yet, such as the OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, the report said.
"The EU has been never invited to join the OSCE Minsk Group, but we want to be helpful and do everything we can outside the group," the ambassador said.
Talking about the positive aspects of cooperation between Azerbaijan and the EU, Kobia said that the negotiations for peaceful settlement of the conflict are being held at a high level. It allowed exchanging the prisoners and making a joint declaration by the parties of the conflict at the summit in Astana
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the occupied territories.
