History

This section contains two parts:
* Status of the Nagorno-Karabakh Territory Dispute
* General history
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* STATUS OF THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH TERRITORY DISPUTE
Parts or all of this text stems from the original article at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh

At Present
the mediation process is at a standstill, with the most recent discussions in Rambouillet, France (February 10-11, 2006) yielding no agreement.
Azerbaijan's position has been that Armenian troops withdraw from all areas of Azerbaijan outside Nagorno-Karabakh, and that all displaced persons be allowed to return to their homes before the status of Karabakh can be discussed.
Armenia does not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as being legally part of Azerbaijan, arguing that because the region declared independence at the same time that Azerbaijan became an independent state, both of them are equally successor states of the Soviet Union. The Armenian government insists that the government of Nagorno-Karabakh be part of any discussions on the region's future, and rejects ceding occupied territory or allowing refugees to return prior to talks on the region's status.

International status
The sovereign status of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) is not recognized by any state in the world, including Armenia.
United Nations Security Council Resolutions refer to Nagorno-Karabakh as a region of Azerbaijan.
Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) says: the borders of Azerbaijan were internationally recognised at the time of the country being recognised as independent state in 1991 (...), the territory of Azerbaijan included the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Council of Europe called on the Nagorno-Karabakh de facto authorities to refrain from staging one-sided local self-government elections in Nagorno-Karabakh (...) These so-called 'elections' cannot be legitimate.

   
* GENERAL HISTORY