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NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT TO BE DISCUSSED AT OSCE PA WINTER SESSION
Trend
Sept 8 2011
Azerbaijan
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be presented to
discussions at the winter session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly,
if any serious conditions do not prevent it, Vice Speaker of the
Azerbaijani Parliament Bahar Muradova said in an interview to the
official website of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party.
She said last year this issue was raised on the eve of the summer
session of the organization.
"During OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou's visit to Azerbaijan,
this issue was raised before him in a more concrete form. Then, Petros
Efthymiou said that the discussion of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
should be organized at one of the sessions of the OSCE PA with the
participation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen and the report
of co-chairmen regarding the situation should be heard. Efthymiou
appealed to the co-chairmen with this initiative, but it failed to hold
such a discussion during the summer session. At a meeting with the
parliamentary delegations of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Efthymiou told
us that he continues to work on this issue and such a hearing could
be held at the autumn session of the organization," said Muradova.
She expressed hope that the head of the organization will contribute
to holding such discussions and fair solution of the conflict.
"It is not only in our interests as a side suffering from the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The OSCE is also trying to expand its
participation in the process of solving the conflict. Naturally
conducting such discussions will increase the influence of this
organization," said Muradova.
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.
Trend
Sept 8 2011
Azerbaijan
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be presented to
discussions at the winter session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly,
if any serious conditions do not prevent it, Vice Speaker of the
Azerbaijani Parliament Bahar Muradova said in an interview to the
official website of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party.
She said last year this issue was raised on the eve of the summer
session of the organization.
"During OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou's visit to Azerbaijan,
this issue was raised before him in a more concrete form. Then, Petros
Efthymiou said that the discussion of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
should be organized at one of the sessions of the OSCE PA with the
participation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen and the report
of co-chairmen regarding the situation should be heard. Efthymiou
appealed to the co-chairmen with this initiative, but it failed to hold
such a discussion during the summer session. At a meeting with the
parliamentary delegations of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Efthymiou told
us that he continues to work on this issue and such a hearing could
be held at the autumn session of the organization," said Muradova.
She expressed hope that the head of the organization will contribute
to holding such discussions and fair solution of the conflict.
"It is not only in our interests as a side suffering from the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The OSCE is also trying to expand its
participation in the process of solving the conflict. Naturally
conducting such discussions will increase the influence of this
organization," said Muradova.
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.