NEXT KARABAKH FORUM TO BE HELD IN BAKU ON 25 SEPTEMBER
Trend corr. S.Ilhamgizi

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Sept 4 2007

The Union for Democracy will hold the next Karabakh Forum in Baku on
25 September, the Union reported.

The Union has held three Krabakh Forums. A package of proposals
concerning the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict on
Nagorno-Karabakh has been developed and submitted to the Presidential
Administration.

A new method on settling the conflict will be developed during the
next forum.

The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began in
1988 due to territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia
has occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including the Nagorno-Karabakh region
and its seven surrounding districts. Since 1992, these territories
have been under the occupation of the Armenian Forces. In 1994,
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time
active hostilities ended. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (
Russia, France and USA) are currently holding peaceful negotiations.