United States Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker will travel to Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia on June 6-13 ‘to advance bilateral and regional priorities and to express US support for democratic and economic development across the region’.
27 May in 8:00 Eurasia Review
Territorial disputes and border issues in the South Caucasus are the major threat to stability and security in the region. All the international borders became problematic after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It is worth especially noting the border issue between Azerbaijan and Armenia, as two states could not start the process of the delimitation and demarcation of the state border because of the Karabakh conflict,
The Karabakh conflict, which broke out during the early 1990s, resulted in territorial losses of Azerbaijan. Following the war, Amenia occupied twenty percent of the Azerbaijani territories, and consequently, Azerbaijan lost control over the major parts of the state border, both with Armenia and Iran. During the years of occupation, those territories have been used as the illicit movement of weapons and drugs.
Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has had a telephone conversation with US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker. They exchanged views on the current situation in the region and tensions on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border
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Baku in talks with Yerevan to ease border tensions, says Azerbaijani top diplomat
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BAKU, May 14. /TASS/. Azerbaijan is committed to de-escalation in the region and is in talks with Armenia on the border situation, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said on Friday during a telephone conversation with US Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker.