Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Wednesday that Turkey wants problem between Azerbaijan and Armenia to be solved peacefully and with mutual respect, Anadolu Agency reported.
Davutoglu held a press conference in Strasbourg to mark Turkey's taking over the Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) from Macedonia. Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and CoE's Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland also attended the press conference.
A conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent 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 negotiations to resolve the dispute.
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