Baku stands for substantive Karabakh talks

By Azernews

By Amina Nazarli

Azerbaijan stands for substantive talks to change the existing status quo in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which is considered by the international community, member-states of the OSCE Minsk Group as unacceptable and inconsistent. 

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov made this remark at a meeting with his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Janelidze, as part of his official visit to Tbilisi on August 29. 

Armenia broke out a lengthy war against Azerbaijan laying territorial claims on its South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities.

Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts.

During the visit, Mammadyarov will also have a meeting with Chairman of the Parliament David Usupashvili and Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.