Nagorno-Karabakh
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Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office on the Conflict Dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
(OSCE Other Field Activities)
Beginn: 08/95
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OSCE catches region off guard (01.07.2006)
(Quelle: Eurasianet) In an interview with RFE/RL on June 22, the US official tasked with mediating peace talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave indicated he and fellow diplomats had done as much as they could to foster a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Matthew Bryza, who serves together with French and Russian co-chairs to the OSCE Minsk Group, disclosed details about the framework agreement on the table and said it was time for the countries' leadership to summon the 'political will' necessary to achieve a resolution.
Mediators take the process public (30.06.2006)
(Quelle: RFE / RL) Lifting the veil of confidentiality that has marked the Karabakh peace process since it began in 1992, the French, Russian and U.S. co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group tasked with mediating a solution to the conflict have over the past eight days gone public with a summary of the basic principles currently under discussion. While the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has confirmed that those principles are largely acceptable, its Armenian counterpart has highlighted several points that were either not clarified or not discussed the interview U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza gave on June 22 to RFE/RL's Armenian and Azerbaijani services.
U.S. says Aliyev, Kocharian must show 'political will' (26.06.2006)
(Quelle: RFE / RL) Matthew Bryza, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, recently gained a second job title: he has replaced Steven Mann as the U.S. co-chair of the Minsk Group tasked by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) with moderating negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.Bryza spoke on June 22 with RFE/RL Armenian Service head Harry Tamrazian and RFE/RL Azerbaijani Service correspondent Kenan Aliyev about the prospects for a resolution of the Karabakh conflict, Russia's role in the South Caucasus, and America's strategic priorities in the region.
Talks 'hopeless' and Azerbaijan ready for war with Armenia (26.06.2006)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) International mediation over the disputed Nagorno Karabakh enclave is 'hopeless,' oil-rich Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev said, vowing to retake it by 'peaceful means or by war,' in a speech to the military on Friday. Aliyev, who's country fought its neighbour and fellow former Soviet republic Armenia over control of the majority-Armenian enclave in Azerbaijani territory from 1988 to 1994, also said he would use oil revenues to beef up the military.
EU 'hopeful' on Nagorno-Karabakh (12.06.2006)
(Quelle: ISN Security Watch) No progress was reported in the latest round of talks between the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan on the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh. Robert Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev, meeting on the sidelines of the 5 June Black Sea Summit in Bucharest, conducted talks in what was deemed by observers a 'very good atmosphere,' but with no resolution of who ultimately should control the ethnic-Armenian exclave located inside Azerbaijan. The so-called 'frozen conflicts' of Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia are key issues for the South Caucasus - and for officials like Swedish diplomat Peter Semneby, the new EU Special Representative for the region. RFE/RL spoke to Semneby in Bucharest on 4 June.
Armenia, Azerbaijan in deadlock on Karabakh (09.06.2006)
(Quelle: ISN Security Watch) Armenia and Azerbaijan appear to have lost the last realistic chance for a near-term deal to end the bitter conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. A face-to-face meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents 4-5 June again failed to make any headway toward a settlement. Although international mediators insist that a breakthrough remains possible this year, observers see little prospect of that happening before national elections scheduled to take place in both South Caucasus states in 2007 and 2008.
Armenia, Azerbaijan report no progress on Karabakh (07.06.2006)
(Quelle: RFE / RL) The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia said today the two countries' presidents made no progress on resolving the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh when they twice met on the sidelines of a regional summit on June 5-6.
Azerbaijan: Aliyev sends terse message to Armenia (07.06.2006)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev sent a harsh message to Armenia on Friday, a statement that follows a visit by the OSCE mediators brokering settlement to the long-standing conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh to the region. Aliyev said the occupied territories will be freed no matter what it takes. 'We will make use of all means to liberate our land from occupation. We will resort to diplomatic, economic, transport, and, if necessary, military means, as this is our right,' the Azerbaijani leader said addressing celebrations dedicated to the Day of Republic, May 28.
EU could assume peacekeeping role (26.05.2006)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) The new European Union special representative for the Caucasus, Peter Semneby, has suggested that the EU could in future lead a peacekeeping mission if a solution to the Nagorny Karabakh dispute is found. Semneby, a Swedish diplomat who has just taken up the post, said in an interview with IWPR in London last week that he wants to use his mandate to work on the region’s unresolved conflicts.
Another summit meeting is planned (09.05.2006)
(Quelle: Eurasianet) Armenia and Azerbaijan seem prepared to make yet another attempt at settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The presidents of the two states are now tentatively scheduled to hold their second summit meeting of the year. Armenian officials revealed May 5 that President Robert Kocharian hopes to meet his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, in June.
Armenian minister sees no chances for new format of Garabagh talks (25.04.2006)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian has said the current format of the negotiations to settle the long-standing Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict is unlikely to change any time soon. 'Certainly, Upper Garabagh's participation [in peace talks] would be good. But everything is not unfolding as desired,' he told the press after attending the illegal military exercises in the occupied Azeri territories.
New Garabagh talks format in Azeri interests, Aliyev says (21.04.2006)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) President Ilham Aliyev has said Azerbaijan's talks with Armenia to resolve the long-standing Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict have entered into a new format meeting the country's interests. 'The new format will lay foundation for the restoration of the Azeri territorial integrity,' Aliyev said on a tour to the country's north-western districts last week. The president stressed that Azerbaijan has to strengthen its military potential in the meantime.
Armenia threatens to drop out of peace talks (11.04.2006)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian made destructive statements during the recent discussions on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow. Oskanian said the conflict settlement will be specified over the next two months. He said if official Baku accepts the right of Garabagh Armenians to self-determination, 'Yerevan and Khankandi will be ready to consider all the issues involved afterwards'. Otherwise, Armenia will not participate in the talks concerning Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and the return of Azeri refugees home, Oskanian maintained.
Azerbaijan says U.S. proposals on Karabakh 'very interesting' (08.04.2006)
(Quelle: RFE / RL) Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov today said the United States made him 'very interesting' proposals on how to solve his country's territorial dispute with Armenia. Speaking after talks with U.S. officials in Washington, Mammadyarov said Baku would make its response public when U.S. envoy Steven Mann visits the Azerbaijani capital on April 18. Before meeting with Mammadyarov on April 7, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reportedly talked with the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents over the phone.
Frontline shooting raises concerns over new war (07.04.2006)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Tensions have escalated on the Armenia-Azerbaijan frontline, as hopes for settling the long-standing Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict subside after the fruitless round of talks between the two leaders in France in February. Over the last month, five Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed by Armenian fire and several others wounded in truce violations that the sides blame on each other. The regular monitoring on the contact line in the western Terter District by the OSCE mediating the conflict resolution failed last Wednesday after Armenians subjected the Azerbaijani positions to shooting, the Azeri Defense Ministry said.
Armenia cautiously optimistic about US diplomacy concerning Nagorno-Karabakh (21.03.2006)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Armenia is cautiously optimistic about recent American diplomacy concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Yerevan's hopes for a peace settlement are mixed with concern about Washington's long-term goals for the region. ... Many commentators believe that one of Washington's goals may be the deployment of international peacekeeping forces in the Karabakh conflict zone – a move that could increase Washington's geopolitical leverage over Iran.
Azerbaijan warns Armenia on Karabakh negotiations (20.03.2006)
(Quelle: RFE / RL) Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev today warned Armenia over delaying a negotiated solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute. Addressing a world congress of Azeris in Baku, Aliyev threatened to leave the negotiation table unless progress is reached in peace talks. ... Mediators mandated by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to help Armenia and Azerbaijan peacefully settle their dispute have expressed hope progress could be reached this year as neither country has an election planned any time soon.
Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange gunfire near Karabakh (07.03.2006)
(Quelle: RFE/RL) Azerbaijani and Armenian forces exchanged gunfire today in what correspondents say is the most serious outbreak of violence in the region in recent months. Azerbaijan said one of its soldiers was killed early on March 7 near the ceasefire line that separates Azerbaijani and Armenian forces. Armenian forces said one of their men had been killed in a separate clash last week. Both sides blamed the other for triggering the latest exchanges of fire.
Tensions rise over Nagorno-Karabakh (03.03.2006)
(Quelle: RFE/RL) In an television interview on March 2, Armenian President Robert Kocharian hinted that he was prepared to recognize the disputed republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. … President Kocharian's comments came one day after strong words from his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev. Speaking in the town of Banofshala, a small part of Nagorno-Karabakh still controlled by Azerbaijan, Aliyev said that talks with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh are at a 'dead end.' He also said that 'Nagorno-Karabakh is Azerbaijani land' and 'We must free Nagorno-Karabakh, no matter what it takes.'
Nagorno-Karabakh summit ends in failure (27.02.2006)
(Quelle: ISN) A new sense of determination and even fatalism has settled upon Azerbaijan since the collapse of peace talks in France earlier this month between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev and his Armenian counterpart, Robert Kocharian. … Conflicting reports have indicated that one of the two outstanding issues was either the return of the Kelbajar region to Azerbaijani control or perhaps the conditions under which IDPs could return to Nagorno-Karabakh proper. But both sides agree that the most contentious issue was the “final status” of Nagorno-Karabakh itself.
Armenian-Azerbaijani talks on Nagorny-Karabach fail in France (11.02.2006)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) The presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia ended Saturday their two-day talks in Rambouillet chateau south of Paris, without reaching any agreement on the Nagorny- Karabakh conflict. The mediators of the OSCE Minsk group - Russia, United States, France - announced that the negotiations had made no progress and that the issue was to be re-examined at the beginning of March in Washington.
Garabagh mediators praise outcome of talks in Armenia (03.02.2006)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) OSCE mediators brokering settlement to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh have completed the talks held in the two countries ahead of the presidents' meeting due in Paris on February 10-11. … The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs from Russia, France and the United States held meetings in the Armenian capital Yerevan that followed their talks with the top Azerbaijani leadership in Baku.
US Garabagh mediator says peace likely if parties 'display will' (31.01.2006)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) One of the international negotiators to resolve the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict has stressed the importance of mutual concessions and political will to break the deadlock in the long-standing dispute.
OSCE offers peacekeeping help in Nagorno-Karabakh (25.01.2006)
(Quelle: RFE/RL) The chairman-in-office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) today said the organization would stand ready to help with the deployment of an international peacekeeping force in the separatist enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh should the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan agree on it. Belgium's Foreign Minister, Karel De Gucht, made the comment after talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Elmar Mammadyarov, in Baku. The two discussed preparations for a 10 February summit between Armenia's Robert Kocharian and Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev in Rambouillet, near Paris.
Foreign ministers seek to finalize 'basic principles' for resolving Karabakh conflict (16.01.2006)
(Quelle: RFE/RL) The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan are scheduled to meet in London tomorrow with the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group to prepare the groundwork for a meeting early next month of the two countries' presidents. … Azerbaijan also continues to reject any status other than 'the highest degree of autonomy' within Azerbaijan for Karabakh. Armenia, by contrast, rules out any vertical subordination of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to the Azerbaijani central government.
Armenia, Azerbaijan to discuss disputed enclave in February (10.01.2006)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Armenia and Azerbaijan are to hold a summit over the disputed enclave of Nagorny-Karabakh next month, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan announced Tuesday. … 'We are convinced that next year we will have real windows of opportunity to achieve some significant progress in the direction of the peaceful settlement,' said Bernard Fassier, the French co-chairman of the Minsk Group of negotiators, which was established by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.