TURKISH OPPOSITION MPS INVITED TO AZERBAIJAN
Trend
Nov 5 2009
Azerbaijan
Turkish opposition MPs have been invited to Azerbaijan.
"While staying in Turkey, we invited a group of opposition MPs from
Nationalistic Movement and People’s-Republican parties to Azerbaijan,"
Ana Veten party chairman, MP Fazail Agamali, told Trend News today.
Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers Ahmet Davutoglu and Edward
Nalbandian signed the protocols on restoration of diplomatic relations
between Ankara and Yerevan in Zurich on October 10.
Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey have been broken due
to Armenia’s claims of an alleged genocide, and its occupation of
Azerbaijani lands. The border between them has been broken since 1993.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan
lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in
December 1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha,
Khojali and seven districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan
and Armenia signed a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE
Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the U.S. — are currently holding
peace negotiations.
Agamali said that MPs promised to arrive in Azerbaijan.
"I think that this visit can be held on the eve of discussion of the
protocols, signed between Ankara and Yerevan, in the Grand National
Assembly (Parliament)," MP said.
He said that the Turkish opposition parties oppose approval of these
protocols in the parliament. So, it is very important to discuss
this issue with parliamentarians of the fraternal country again. "I
would like to stress I am cautious with the promises made by Turkish
officials that the protocols will not be approved without solving
the Nagorno-Karabakh problem. Our ties with the opposition parties
in Turkish parliament must be more intensive," Agamali said.
A delegation of 11 people, led by the Milli Majlis Committee for
Foreign and Inter-Parliamentary Relations chairman, visited Turkey
in October.
A delegation headed by the Turkish Parliament Commission for Foreign
Relations, Murad Marjan arrived in Azerbaijan in late October.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
