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AZERBAIJANI MPS WANT PARLIAMENT TO HOLD HEARINGS ON SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
Trend News Agency
Dec 2 2008
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, 2 December/ Trend News corr I. Alizade/ Azerbaijani
MPs want the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to be
discussed in the parliament.
"MPs do not know anything about in what stage are the talks on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Therefore I propose and at the same time
demand to discuss the situation around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
to be discussed in the parliament," MP Igbal Agazade, chief the
opposition Umid Party, said in the parliamentary meeting on 2 December.
Presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia Ilham Aliyev, Serzh
Sarkisyan and Dmitry Medvedev signed a declaration at the end of their
meeting in Mein Dorf castle near Moscow on 2 November. Presidents
of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan decided to make joint efforts to
normalize the situation in Caucasus and requested Foreign Ministers
to make efforts to solve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The declaration calls for the solution of the conflict in line with
international legal principles. Turkey is actively involved in the
settlement of the conflict.
Agazade said the MPs must be informed of the course of talks, delay
in the settlement of the conflict and reason for absence of a progress.
He said Azerbaijani parliament last time discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict in 2001.
"MPs can not get any information about the course of talks. All issues
are solved by the executive bodies as result putting a significant
body as parliament aside. Therefore this issue should be discussed
in the parliament by the end of the year," Agazade noted.
Armenia often discusses the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the
parliament, hold hearings and informs the public about the course of
talks, he added.
Gudrat Hasanguliyev, MP and chief of opposition United Popular
Front Party of Azerbaijan, backed the proposal to discuss the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the parliament. He said the public should
be informed about the talks.
Member of the opposition MP Group Panah Husein also supported the
proposal.
MP Siyavush Novruzov, deputy executive director of the governing New
Azerbaijan Party, said position of the Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev towards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is clear.
"The public has been informed about the last talks on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Turkey's involvement in the settlement
of the conflict and Moscow talks. However it is not expedient to
reveal details at this stage. The details can be revealed after
certain result is achieved. Therefore there is no need to discuss
the conflict in the parliament," he added.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began in
1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan
lost the Nagorno-Karabakh, except of Shusha and Khojali, in December
1991. In 1992-93, Armenian Armed Forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and
Nagorno-Karabakh's seven surrounding regions. In 1994, Azerbaijan
and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time the active
hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Russia,
France, and the US) are currently holding peaceful, but fruitless
negotiations.
Trend News Agency
Dec 2 2008
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, 2 December/ Trend News corr I. Alizade/ Azerbaijani
MPs want the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to be
discussed in the parliament.
"MPs do not know anything about in what stage are the talks on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Therefore I propose and at the same time
demand to discuss the situation around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
to be discussed in the parliament," MP Igbal Agazade, chief the
opposition Umid Party, said in the parliamentary meeting on 2 December.
Presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia Ilham Aliyev, Serzh
Sarkisyan and Dmitry Medvedev signed a declaration at the end of their
meeting in Mein Dorf castle near Moscow on 2 November. Presidents
of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan decided to make joint efforts to
normalize the situation in Caucasus and requested Foreign Ministers
to make efforts to solve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The declaration calls for the solution of the conflict in line with
international legal principles. Turkey is actively involved in the
settlement of the conflict.
Agazade said the MPs must be informed of the course of talks, delay
in the settlement of the conflict and reason for absence of a progress.
He said Azerbaijani parliament last time discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict in 2001.
"MPs can not get any information about the course of talks. All issues
are solved by the executive bodies as result putting a significant
body as parliament aside. Therefore this issue should be discussed
in the parliament by the end of the year," Agazade noted.
Armenia often discusses the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the
parliament, hold hearings and informs the public about the course of
talks, he added.
Gudrat Hasanguliyev, MP and chief of opposition United Popular
Front Party of Azerbaijan, backed the proposal to discuss the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the parliament. He said the public should
be informed about the talks.
Member of the opposition MP Group Panah Husein also supported the
proposal.
MP Siyavush Novruzov, deputy executive director of the governing New
Azerbaijan Party, said position of the Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev towards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is clear.
"The public has been informed about the last talks on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Turkey's involvement in the settlement
of the conflict and Moscow talks. However it is not expedient to
reveal details at this stage. The details can be revealed after
certain result is achieved. Therefore there is no need to discuss
the conflict in the parliament," he added.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began in
1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan
lost the Nagorno-Karabakh, except of Shusha and Khojali, in December
1991. In 1992-93, Armenian Armed Forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and
Nagorno-Karabakh's seven surrounding regions. In 1994, Azerbaijan
and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time the active
hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Russia,
France, and the US) are currently holding peaceful, but fruitless
negotiations.