SENATOR: NEEDS TO BROADLY PROPAGATE KARABAKH REALITIES IN BELGIUM

Trend
May 25 2010
Azerbaijan

It needs to broadly propagate Karabakh realities in Belgium, former
President of the Belgian Senate and Independent Senator Anne-Marie
Lizin said to a meeting with the Chairman of the State Committee for
Work with Diaspora of Azerbaijan Nazim Ibrahimov, Committee’s press
service reported.

Announcing her extremely interest in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
Belgian Senator said that it needs to broadly propagate Azerbaijan,
especially the Nagorno-Karabakh reality in the society where she lives.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the United
States – are currently holding the peace negotiations. Armenia has not
yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four resolutions on the
liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the occupied territories.

The Chairman of the State Committee in his turn mentioned the
prospects for the development of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Belgium,
the integration of its representatives into the local community,
as well as the need to present to the public in Belgium true and
complete information about Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

From: A. Papazian