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Oct 10 2011
MP: Hearings on Nagorno-Karabakh at OSCE PA strengthen Azerbaijan
position among member countries
10 October 2011, 00:24 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 9 / Trend M.Aliyev /
The hearings on Nagorno Karabakh conflict held at the OSCE
Parliamentary Assembly session have strengthened the just position of
Azerbaijan among the Assembly member states, a member of Azerbaijani
delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, MP Azay Guliyev told
Trend Sunday by telephone from Croatia.
"Debate on Nagorno-Karabakh, held at the OSCE PA session can be viewed
as a victory of Azerbaijan in the information war. As a result of this
debate, OSCE PA Member States once again saw that Armenia is an
occupier" - Guliyev said.
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh was discussed at
the Saturday session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in the
Croatian city of Dubrovnik.
According to the MP, for the first time open discussions on Nagorno
Karabakh have been held at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
"The debate was objective and has fully disclosed the essence of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. At the debate lasting more than three
hours, the French co-chair of the Minsk Group Bernard Fassier said in
his speech that Azerbaijani territories had been occupied, that
Nagorno-Karabakh is Azerbaijani territory, and that this territory is
controlled by Armenians who, in addition, occupy seven districts more.
Fassier's speech was an open message that Armenia is an occupying
country", Azay Guliyev said.
According to the MP, the most important aspect of the debate was that
the co-chairs presented in details the information on how to resolve
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and on its essence.
Guliyev believes the very holding of the debate is a success of the
Azerbaijani delegation. He said that the Azerbaijani side has worked
for a year to ensure that this debate take place. In particular,
special mention can be made of the efforts of Azerbaijani delegation
head, Azerbaijani Parliament's Vice-Speaker Bahar Muradova, the MP
said.
"Co-chairs hesitated in the public debate and hearings on Nagorno
Karabakh. One of the co-chairs even did not want to attend it day
before the debate. However, after Azerbaijani delegation had insisted,
discussions were held that have fully revealed the essence of the
conflict", said Guliyev.
According to him, Bahar Muradova's speech on the conflict was welcomed
by Member States and addresses on this issue were made by
representatives of 25 countries. In their speeches, they pointed out
the truth of the Azerbaijan's position. Among them were
representatives of Ukraine, Portugal, Austria, Italy, Kazakhstan,
Turkey and other countries.
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 four resolutions on the
liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
The delegation of Azerbaijan to the OSCE PA, in addition to Bahar
Muradova presented by chairmen of parliamentary committees Rabiyat
Aslanova, Eldar Ibrahimov, as well as MPs Fattah Heydarov, Agalar
Veliyev and Azay Guliyev.
Oct 10 2011
MP: Hearings on Nagorno-Karabakh at OSCE PA strengthen Azerbaijan
position among member countries
10 October 2011, 00:24 (GMT+05:00) Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 9 / Trend M.Aliyev /
The hearings on Nagorno Karabakh conflict held at the OSCE
Parliamentary Assembly session have strengthened the just position of
Azerbaijan among the Assembly member states, a member of Azerbaijani
delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, MP Azay Guliyev told
Trend Sunday by telephone from Croatia.
"Debate on Nagorno-Karabakh, held at the OSCE PA session can be viewed
as a victory of Azerbaijan in the information war. As a result of this
debate, OSCE PA Member States once again saw that Armenia is an
occupier" - Guliyev said.
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh was discussed at
the Saturday session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in the
Croatian city of Dubrovnik.
According to the MP, for the first time open discussions on Nagorno
Karabakh have been held at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
"The debate was objective and has fully disclosed the essence of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. At the debate lasting more than three
hours, the French co-chair of the Minsk Group Bernard Fassier said in
his speech that Azerbaijani territories had been occupied, that
Nagorno-Karabakh is Azerbaijani territory, and that this territory is
controlled by Armenians who, in addition, occupy seven districts more.
Fassier's speech was an open message that Armenia is an occupying
country", Azay Guliyev said.
According to the MP, the most important aspect of the debate was that
the co-chairs presented in details the information on how to resolve
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and on its essence.
Guliyev believes the very holding of the debate is a success of the
Azerbaijani delegation. He said that the Azerbaijani side has worked
for a year to ensure that this debate take place. In particular,
special mention can be made of the efforts of Azerbaijani delegation
head, Azerbaijani Parliament's Vice-Speaker Bahar Muradova, the MP
said.
"Co-chairs hesitated in the public debate and hearings on Nagorno
Karabakh. One of the co-chairs even did not want to attend it day
before the debate. However, after Azerbaijani delegation had insisted,
discussions were held that have fully revealed the essence of the
conflict", said Guliyev.
According to him, Bahar Muradova's speech on the conflict was welcomed
by Member States and addresses on this issue were made by
representatives of 25 countries. In their speeches, they pointed out
the truth of the Azerbaijan's position. Among them were
representatives of Ukraine, Portugal, Austria, Italy, Kazakhstan,
Turkey and other countries.
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 four resolutions on the
liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
The delegation of Azerbaijan to the OSCE PA, in addition to Bahar
Muradova presented by chairmen of parliamentary committees Rabiyat
Aslanova, Eldar Ibrahimov, as well as MPs Fattah Heydarov, Agalar
Veliyev and Azay Guliyev.