KARABAKH LIBERATION ORGANIZATION TO PROTEST AGAINST ARMENIAN’S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN

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14.09.2007 13:42:09

Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend S.Ilhamgizi / The Karabakh Liberation
Organization (KLO) is preparing a demonstration in connection with
the visit of the Armenian delegation to Azerbaijan, Akif Nagi, KLO
Chairman said on 13 September.

The World Senior Wrestling Championship will begin in Baku on 15
September. Sportsmen from Armenia will also participate at this
international event and Azerbaijan has provided a guarantee for
their security.

KLO said that the occupant and terrorist country should not to be
allowed to attend the international event; it is the requirement of
the international standards. The non-obstacle tour of Armenians to
Azerbaijan means that Armenia is challenging the very country that
it showed aggression against.

"To protest against the Armenians’ visit to Baku on 15 September we
will be on stand-by at all flight arrivals into the airport. Should
the Armenians arrive, we will hold demonstrations in different cities
and try to avoid police interference," the KLO said.

Azad Rahimov, the Azerbaijani Minister for Youth and Sports, held a
meeting with Nagi to avoid KLO’s protest against Armenian’s visit and
spoke about the importance of the organization of an international
championship in the country. However, the Chairman of the KLO said he
will insist on this action as the Armenians’ visit to Baku contradicts
Azerbaijan’s national interests.

Delegations from Armenia also participated in a meeting of CIS Interior
Ministers in Baku last week and KLO attempted to hold a demonstration
but this was prevented by the police.

The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus began in 1988
due to territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia has
occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land 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
the active hostilities ended. The Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
( Russia, France and USA) are currently holding peaceful negotiations.

The KLO was established in Baku on 28 January 2000, with the objective
of a public struggle for the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh. KLO
unites representatives of intelligentsia, refugees and internally
displaced persons (IDPs), old and young people as well as former
military soldiers.