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Nov 21 2009
Azerbaijan to raise Nagorno-Karabakh question at plenary session of BSEC PA
21.11.2009 15:59
Azerbaijan, Baku, November 20 / Trend News, A.Huseynbala /
At the 34th plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black
Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), which will be held in Moscow, the
Speaker of the Parliament of Azerbaijan will raise the issue of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
It is expected that the speech of the Speaker at the meeting will
touch upon the issues of contamination of rivers and damages inflicted
to the environment in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, the head
of the Parliament's press service Akif Tevekkuloglu briefed the media
on Nov. 21.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are
currently holding the peace negotiations.
Led by Speaker Oktay Asadov, the delegation will leave for Moscow to
participate at the plenary session of the BSEC PA on Nov. 22.
According to Tevekkuloglu, the meeting will focus on the rational
exploitation of natural resources, improvement of legislative base in
this regard, the formation of ecological wisdom and other
organizational issues.
BSEC was established in 1992. The organization includes Azerbaijan,
Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Romania,
Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Nov 21 2009
Azerbaijan to raise Nagorno-Karabakh question at plenary session of BSEC PA
21.11.2009 15:59
Azerbaijan, Baku, November 20 / Trend News, A.Huseynbala /
At the 34th plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black
Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), which will be held in Moscow, the
Speaker of the Parliament of Azerbaijan will raise the issue of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
It is expected that the speech of the Speaker at the meeting will
touch upon the issues of contamination of rivers and damages inflicted
to the environment in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, the head
of the Parliament's press service Akif Tevekkuloglu briefed the media
on Nov. 21.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are
currently holding the peace negotiations.
Led by Speaker Oktay Asadov, the delegation will leave for Moscow to
participate at the plenary session of the BSEC PA on Nov. 22.
According to Tevekkuloglu, the meeting will focus on the rational
exploitation of natural resources, improvement of legislative base in
this regard, the formation of ecological wisdom and other
organizational issues.
BSEC was established in 1992. The organization includes Azerbaijan,
Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Romania,
Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress