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03 February 2014 [16:42] - Today.Az
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will visit Yerevan on Feb.5, News.am
website said citing the spokesperson of Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran
Balayan.
High-level meetings will be held within the visit of James Warlick, Igor Popov and Jacques Faure.
A meeting of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs is planned to be held on Feb.3 in Baku. Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers met in Paris on Jan.23-24.
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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