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Wednesday 02 Dec 2015 - 11:23 Makkah mean time-20-2-1437
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Canberra, (IINA) - The Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs urged on Tuesday the government of Armenia to end the occupation of the Azerbaijani area of Nagorno-Karabakh in order to stop the violence that continued ever since 1994 after the end of the 'Artsakh Liberation War', Azerbaijan's state news agency Azertac reported.
“It has been our consistent position that the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan should come together peacefully to resolve the issue, to end the conflict and to end the occupation of the Nagorno-Karabakh area”, said Julie Bishop, Australian foreign minister, responding to a question about Australia's position on the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute.
“The Australian government has a longstanding policy of condemning the illegal occupation of the sovereign territory of nations around the world. Likewise, in the case of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Australian government's policy is to recognize the sovereignty of Azerbaijan. We do not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state. Indeed, the Australian government supports the efforts of what is known as the Minsk Group to resolve the situation".
The Minsk Group is an organization co-chaired by Russia, France, and the United States. It includes Belarus, Germany, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Turkey as well as Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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