Nagorno Karabakh problem specific

PanARMENIAN.Net - The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and all interested parties give careful consideration to the Nagorno Karabakh problem, said Andrei Nesterenko, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry.



"Consultations and exchange of views are held continuously. This is a specific problem and the sides provide the media with information as the need arises," he said.



The Nagorno Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 as result of the ethnic cleansing launched by Azerbaijan in the final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from 1991 to 1994. Since the ceasefire in 1994, most of Nagorno Karabakh and several regions of Azerbaijan around it (the security zone) remain under the control of Nagorno Karabakh defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan have since been holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group.