AZERBAIJAN’S KARABAKH LIBERATION ORGANIZATION TO PROTEST AGAINST ARMENIAN MPS’ VISIT TO BAKU
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Oct 2 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / Òrend corr S. Ilhamgizi / Azerbaijan’s Karabakh
Liberation Organization (KLO) will hold protest actions against
arrival of Armenian MPs in Baku, the Chairman of the KLO, Akif Naghi,
said on 2 October.
The meeting of the Culture, Education and Science Committee of the
Black Sea Economic Cooperation’s (BSEC) Parliamentary Assembly to
take place in Baku from 3 to 4 October is expected to be attended by
the MPs from Armenia. If it is certin that the representatives from
Armenia are to participate in the conference, a protest action will be
held in front of Gulustan Palace, where the conference will be held,
Naghi said.
According to him, the organization believes Armenian officials’ visits
to Azerbaijan, as well as mollification of the official Baku’s attitude
towards the aggressor country, does not correspond with Azerbaijan’s
national interests.
KLO had planned to hold a protest action before Armenians
participated in the meeting of the CIS Interior Ministers in Baku on
6 September. Police banned the action.
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 neighbouring 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 and 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.
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