" AZERBAIJAN HIGHLY APPRECIATING OSCE EFFORTS TO SOLVE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT" – VICE-SPEAKER

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30.06.08 10:51

Azerbaijan highly appreciates the attention and efforts of OSCE to
solve the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," head of
Azerbaijan’s parliamentary delegation, Vice-Speaker of Azerbaijani
Parliament Bahar Muradova said to Trend News in Astana on 30 June.

"President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for
Cooperation & Security in Europe (OSCE PA) Mr. Lennmarker thinks
currently Baku and Yerevan have a ‘golden opportunity’ to solve the
conflict and we appreciate his view," Muradova said.

Speaking at the 17th session of the OSCE PA on 29 June, OSCE
PA President Goran Lennmarker stated that the two South Caucasus
countries have a ‘golden opportunity’ to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict which has been lasting for many years.

"For a range of years we have been striving to solve the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. There is an interim decision and it
will positively affect the mutual relations between Azerbaijan
and Armenia. They have gained a golden opportunity to solve the
conflict. It is the very time to find a solution," Lennmarker said.

"Mr. Lennmarker thinks the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can be solved
peacefully and we understand that. But in spite of all Azerbaijan’s
efforts, no results have yet been reached," Muradova said.

"We are glad to see Kazakhstan’s capital city hosting the next
OSCE meeting. That is not only an Asian area, but also a Muslim
country. Kazakhstanians are our brothers; they are a Turkic language
nation, which makes us double glad," she said.