"We expect the Presidents to uphold their commitment at the Paris Summit to continue their dialogue," Warlick said. However, renewed violence is a setback. We have seen reports of military incursions across the line of contact and resulting casualties. Such actions are destabilizing and only lead to more violence," he said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 rmenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
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