REPRESENTATIVES OF OSCE-BAKU HELD MEETING AT ISLAMIC PARTY’S OFFICE
Author: S. Ilhamgizi

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Oct 4 2006

Today, on October 4, representatives of OSCE Local Representative
Office Baku Kamen Ivanov and Berit Lindemann has held a meeting at
the office of Azerbaijan`s Islamic Party, the Party told Trend.

During the meeting, Head of the Party Hajiagha Nuri and his
deputies submitted the information of the Party`s activity as well
as information about problems the party faces with the registration
to the OSCE representatives. It was pointed out that the Party was
registered in 1992, but later its registration was annulled. Mr. Nuri
pointed out that

his party is engaged in the political propaganda, but not the
propaganda of the political movements and the religion. Therefore,
the Party considers the cancellation of its registration illegal. He
brought to the notice of the OSCE representatives the data that the
Party stands on a constructive opposition position. In their turn,
the representative of the Party also bring to the attention of the
OSCE representatives the information about social and economic problems
Azerbaijan`s population face, the uncertainty of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, and their concern over indifferent attitude of many
international organizations toward this issue.

In their turn, Mr. Ivanov and Mr. Lindemann pointed out that the
problem with the state registration of political parties in the
country headed for democracy causes only regrets. They also pointed
out that the problem the Party face will be included to the annual
report of OSCE.