France, Strasbourg, Nov. 10 / Trend, A.Maharramli /
Turkey as chairing country of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe will keep the focus on so-called “frozen conflicts”, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Wednesday at a joint press conference with the CoE Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland and Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki.
“As the current chairing country of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, we certainly will keep the focus on so-called “frozen conflicts”. Naturally, policies and activities of the CoE will cover these conflicts,” Davutoglu said answering a reporter’s question about what contribution Turkey can make to the resolution of “frozen conflicts”, including Nagorno-Karabakh, during country’s chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers.
November 10, the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers for six months (until May 11, 2011) was passed to Turkey from Macedonia.
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.
Armenia has failed to implement UN Security Council resolutions stipulating the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding regions.
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