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OSCE MG American co-chair arrives in Baku

10 March 2017 [17:44] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Rashid Shirinov

The American co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Richard Hoagland, has arrived in Azerbaijan, the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan told APA on March 10.

Other co-chairs of the MG, Stephane Visconti of France and Igor Popov of Russia will arrive in Baku tonight. The co-chairs will hold meetings on March 11.

The OSCE Minsk Group, the activities of which have become known as the Minsk Process, works to find a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict for over two decades.

Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a fragile ceasefire in 1994. Since the war, 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.

While the OSCE Minsk Group acted as the only mediator in resolution of the conflict, the occupation of the territory of the sovereign State with its internationally recognized boundaries has been left out of due attention of the international community for years.

Armenia ignores four UN Security Council resolutions on immediate withdrawal from the occupied territory of Azerbaijan, thus keeping tension high in the region.

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