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    Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
    Aug 14 2010


    Azerbaijani MPs discuss Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with U.S Senate official
    14.08.2010 14:21
    Azerbaijan, Baku, August 14 / Trend M. Aliyev /

    Members of the Committee on Security and Defence of the Azerbaijani
    Parliament discussed anti-terrorist activity and the Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict with the U.S Senate Committee on Foreign Relations official
    Marik String in Baku, the Azerbaijani parliament said.


    During the meeting chairman of the parliamentary committee Siyavush
    Novruzov stressed the high level of development of Azerbaijani-U.S
    relations.

    "Azerbaijan was one of the first countries which joined the
    anti-terrorist efforts following the events of September 11.
    Azerbaijani Armed Forces made a significant contribution in this
    activity by successful participation in peacekeeping operations in
    Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan", Novruzov said.


    The head of the parliamentary committee informed the guest about the
    Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He said that the
    occupied territories became ground for smuggling weapons, the training
    of terrorist groups, transit of narcotic drugs, as well as radioactive
    waste.

    String expressed his gratitude for the strong and permanent position
    of Azerbaijan in the strategic relations with the U.S.. He clarified a
    number of issues of interest to the committee members.

    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.

    Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's
    resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the
    occupied territories.




    From: A. Papazian
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