KARABAKH LIBERATION ORGANIZATION CALLS ON AZERBAIJAN TO STOP PEACEFUL NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARMENIA
TREND News Agency, Azerbaijan
Oct 8 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / Òrend corr S. Ilhamgizi / The meeting of the Supreme
Assembly of the Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) decided to
call on Azerbaijan to stop peaceful negotiations with Armenia, KLO
said to Trend on 8 October.
KLO says the negotiations implemented in format of OSCE Minsk Group
do not correspond with Azerbaijan’s national interests. Therefore
Azerbaijan should reject the negotiations. The attempts to liven
up ‘public democracy’ directly serve the interests of Armenia, an
aggressor country, and Azerbaijani authorities, any organization or
person should be prevented from participation in the process.
LKO Supreme Assembly adopted an appeal intended for public and
political organizations, human rights activists and international
organizations. The appeal condemns not reacting to violence with
respect to KLO members from the authorities. It stresses that the
authorities only orally support human rights, but virtually they
prefer their group and grant interests.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began
in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since
1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including
the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. 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 the US) are currently holding peaceful
negotiations.
The Karabakh Organization Committee (KLO) was founded in Baku on
28 January 2000 with the aim of conducting a public struggle for
the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh from the Armenian occupants. The
organization, headed by Akif Nagi, a candidate in historical sciences,
unites over 10,000 people, including outstanding representatives of
intelligentsia, refugees and internally displaced people, youths,
former veterans, senior ranking officers in reserve, as well as
different social segments of the population.
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