The concrete date and theme of the meeting will be determined shortly.
The third Armenian-Azerbaijani Forum titled, "Security: challenges and opportunities, as well as mechanisms to establish trust" is being held under the mediation of International Alert in Vienna on March 24-27. Participants of the forum are Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders of civil society, experts and intellectuals from all sides in the conflict. The forum is also attended by the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza (U.S.), Bernard Fassier (France) and Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia).
"The topic of the new forum has not been determined. The idea of the next meeting will be specified after the forum in Vienna," Roussanova said.
"The discussion was very constructive, the tone was extremely positive. There are different views, and this is normal. There were no principal differences," Roussanova added.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December 1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7 districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Trend News
| < Prev | Next > |
|---|
