Turkey, U.S. to eye situation in Caucasus

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu have today discussed the situation in the Caucasus within the G20 meeting in Mexico, Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday.

Davutoglu and Clinton also discussed Syrian crisis and fight against terrorism at the meeting, which lasted more than an hour.

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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