Tsipras: Greece contributes to Nagorno-Karabakh peace process

/By Azernews/

By Nazrin Gadimova

Greece contributes to the process of peaceful settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.

Alexis Tsipras, Greek Prime Minister made the remark in a meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in Athens on March 15.

Tsipras stressed that Greece contributes to the process of peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the OSCE Minsk Group, adding that he wants to see the development of the region in conditions of peace, security and stability.

Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in conflict, which emerged over Armenia's territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor in 1988. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions that make 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory.

Although diplomats of Russia, the United States and France – the co-chair countries of the mediating Minsk Group – have been brokering for the peace in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, no real breakthrough have been achieved for more than 20 years.

The conflict is still far from a comprehensive settlement despite Baku's best peace efforts and the OSCE Minsk Group's mediation involvement. All efforts have gone in vain since Yerevan continues to shun all peace brokering efforts.