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FM: Minsk Group making no progress
The Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has failed to make progress on the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, said the foreign minister over the weekend.
Ahmet Davutoğlu, who flew to Azerbaijan yesterday for talks on the latest Nagorno-Karabakh developments as well as the Turkish-Armenian rapprochement, after attending the Organization of the Islamic Conference meeting in Syria.
In comments on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s criticism of the Minsk Group, Davutoğlu said: “It is impossible not to agree with Aliyev’s statements on the performance of the Minsk Group. No progress has been made as proved by the past record.”
He highlighted that the dispute must no longer be a frozen conflict, making assurances that Turkey would help exert efforts for a solution.
The Minsk Group was set up in 1992 and is co-chaired by Russia, the United States and France.
Ankara cut diplomatic links with Yerevan and closed the border in a show of support to Azerbaijan in 1993 after 20 percent of its territory was invaded by Armenia in the disputed region - a frozen conflict legacy of the Soviet Union known as Nagorno-Karabakh. Earlier this month, Armenian President Serge Sargsyan and Aliyev held their fourth meeting aimed at resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, under supervision from the Minsk Group of international mediators.
Davutoğlu also said Sunday that Aliyev and Sargsyan would meet on numerous occasions in the coming period and expressed his wish that those meetings would bring a solution
Speaking to Anatolia news agency, the foreign minister criticized the recent statements made by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. “The United Nations and international principles on Jerusalem are clear. The Jerusalem’s status and character remaining unchanged is a principle adopted not only by the OIC but also by the UN,” he said.
Source: Hurriyet
URL: arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=11724253
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