AZERBAIJAN DISSATISFIED WITH CE ATTITUDE TOWARDS NAGORNO-KARABAKH: AZERBAIJANI MP
Trend News Agency
20.09.2007 13:49:52
Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend I.Alizade / Azerbaijan is dissatisfied
with the attitude of the Council of Europe (CE) towards the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, MP Samed Seyidov,
the Chairman of the Permanent Parliamentary Commission on International
Relations and Interparliamentary Relations, as well as the head of the
Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly
of the CE, said in a meeting led by Chetin Kazak, Chairman of the
Sub-committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO on democratic
governance.
"The Council of Europe (CE) has not yet condemned Armenia’s aggression
towards Azerbaijan and has not stated its position. The same can be
said about other international organizations along with the NATO PA,
Seyidov said.
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.
Seyidov said that in January 2005, PACE took a resolution on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Furthermore, an Ad Hoc Committee on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
operates within PACE. "The resolution reflects the occupation of the
Azerbaijani territory and the danger related with the unsettlement
of the conflict," the chairman of the commission said.
In his turn Kazak said that NATO is aware of problems in the South
Caucasus region. "Over the past few years the alliance has attached
great importance to the resolution of the conflict and problems in
the South Caucasus. At the same time NATO’s interest in the region
has increased," he added
A visit of the delegation of the Sub-Committee of the NATO
Parliamentary Committee to Azerbaijan began on 19 September. During
the visit the delegation will hold meetings at the Interior Ministry,
the Security Ministry, and Milli Majis. NATO delegation plans to
study the political, economic, military and human rights situation
and to become familiar with reforms in these spheres. The results of
the visit will be included a report.