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DEPUTY SPEAKER: AZERBAIJANIS AND ARMENIANS OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH SHOULD DISCUSS LIVING TOGETHER
Trend
Nov 16 2011
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijanis and Armenians who will live together in Nagorno-Karabakh
should discuss the conditions of their future coexistence, Azerbaijani
Parliamentary Deputy Speaker Bahar Muradova told journalists on
Wednesday.
The main goal of such a meeting between the Azerbaijani and Armenian
communities of Nagorno-Karabakh is to discuss their future coexistence
as Azerbaijani citizens, Muradova said.
"They should discuss how they see living together, to exchange views on
governing the region, to take measures to eliminate mutual distrust,"
Muradova said.
While discussing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Muradova made
the proposal to hold a meeting between the two communities'
representatives.
"Because we do not want to politicize these meetings and propose them
as alternative to the negotiations," Muradova said.
The communities are scheduled to meet in Germany in late November.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven 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 four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Trend
Nov 16 2011
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijanis and Armenians who will live together in Nagorno-Karabakh
should discuss the conditions of their future coexistence, Azerbaijani
Parliamentary Deputy Speaker Bahar Muradova told journalists on
Wednesday.
The main goal of such a meeting between the Azerbaijani and Armenian
communities of Nagorno-Karabakh is to discuss their future coexistence
as Azerbaijani citizens, Muradova said.
"They should discuss how they see living together, to exchange views on
governing the region, to take measures to eliminate mutual distrust,"
Muradova said.
While discussing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Muradova made
the proposal to hold a meeting between the two communities'
representatives.
"Because we do not want to politicize these meetings and propose them
as alternative to the negotiations," Muradova said.
The communities are scheduled to meet in Germany in late November.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven 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 four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.