OSCE CHAIR, AZERBAIJANI PARTY LEADERS DISCUSS KARABAKH

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Feb 15 2010
Azerbaijan

Kanat Saudabayev The OSCE chairman-in-office, Kazakh Foreign
Minister Kanat Saudabayev, has met the leaders of political parties
in Azerbaijan.

The leader of the Democratic Reforms Party, Asim Mollazade, told APA
that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict had been discussed at the meeting.

The party leaders said that Azerbaijani public opinion was negative
on the OSCE Minsk Group’s attempts to solve the conflict.

"We noted that there was a special nihilism, one member of the OSCE
has occupied the land of another, hundreds of thousands of people
have been displaced from their homes but the violator has not been
reproached. The position of the OSCE on the case is contrary to the
main principles and we said we expected a great deal from Kazakhstan
as OSCE chairman-in-office," he said.

Kanat Saudabayev said that he would be engaged in democratic processes
in the regional countries during his chairmanship. He said that
Nagorno-Karabakh is the most important issue for Kazakhstan in
the region.

The meeting also discussed human rights, democracy and the autumn
parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.

The deputy chairman of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP), Ali
Ahmadov, attended the meeting. The opposition was represented by
Musavat Party Chairman Isa Gambar, Umid Party Chairman Igbal Agazade,
Popular Front Chairman Ali Karimli, Great Creation Party Chairman
Fazil Mustafa and the president of the Public Forum for Azerbaijan,
Eldar Namazov.