Azerbaijani, Armenian FMs may meet in U.S.

Next meeting of foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia may be held in New York within a session of the UN General Assembly in late September, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at a press conference in Baku on Wednesday.
He said the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs made this proposal.

"The co-chairs also plan to hold individual meetings with Armenia and Azerbaijan's foreign ministers," Mammadyarov said.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven 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 peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.


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