Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.7 / Trend R.Hafizoglu /
Solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is one of the important issues for Turkey. Russia also has priorities and Moscow will not deny its priorities. If Turkey preserves the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the agenda, the proximity between the countries may bring progress in salvation of this conflict, Turkish MP (member of the Turkish Grand national Assembly) Onur Oymen told trend News on telephone conversation on aug.7.
During his visit to Turkey Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin stated the serious and active work for the resolution of the [Armenian-Azerbaijani] Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Turkish news agency ANADOLU reported.
"Serious work is being done to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and there is serious progress in this direction. Moscow is eager to see rapid resolution of the conflict," Putin added.
Putin said his country is unwilling to see any conflict in the Caucasus. "Conflict in the Caucasus casts shadow on our relations with the countries of the region," he stressed.
The prime minister said that Russia's position on the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remained unchanged. "We cannot do the job of conflict sides, but only assist in the solution to the dispute," he 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.
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