It has passed 20 years since signing of ceasefire - Bishkek Protocol between Azerbaijan and Armenia.The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement on May 8,1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S..
Russia offered Azerbaijan and Armenia to sign ceasefire agreement on May 4,1994.
At the meeting of CIS Interparliamentary Assembly in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Russia presented the draft agreement on ceasefire. But Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations was without any result. The main dissimilarity was that along with Azerbaijan and Armenia, Armenian community of Nagorno Karabakh was regarded as an equal side.
On May 8, the then Speaker of Azerbaijani parliament Rasul Guliyev and head of Azerbaijani community of Nagorno Karabakh Nizami Bahmanov signed the document with participation of Russian co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Vladimir Kazimirov. According to Russia’s draft, Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders were to sign "Great peace agreement" after the ceasefire agreement.
Agreement came into force on May 12,1994.
On May 19, OSCE’s permanent committee on Nagorno Karabakh was established to control the ceasefire agreement.
Over the past 20 years of ceasefire more rhan 6 thousand of Azerbaijani soldiers were shot dead by the enemy. Hundreds people were killed as a result of mine explosion and other reasons throughout the frontline, according to the diverse reports
Bütün xəbərlər Facebook səhifəmizdə
USD
EUR
GBP
RUB