Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Dec 26 2007
Azerbaijani Opposition Call Government to Reject Peaceful Settlement
of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
26.12.07 16:44
Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. S.Ilhamgii / The Azerbaijan Government
and the political parties would reject the obligation of peaceful
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict assumed before by the
Council of Europe, stated MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev, the chairman of the
Popular Front of Unified Azerbaijan Party (PFUAP) during the Karabakh
Forum in Baku on 26 December.
Eighteen Azerbaijani opposition parties signed an agreement on the
cooperation, which envisages the stopping of popularization of the
mutual popularization among parties, on the threshold of the upcoming
presidential election in Azerbaijan, in Baku on 26 December. The
agreement was signed by the Popular Front of Unified Azerbaijan
Party, Great Establishment Party, Classic Popular Front Party,
Liberal Party, Adalat, Great Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijani national
Independent Party, Taraggi, Azadlig and the others.
According to Hasanguliyev, the obligation assumed by the Azerbaijan
on the peaceful settlement of the conflict causes reason for the
international organization to demonstrate loyal attitude towards the
aggressive Armenia.
The chairman of the Karabakh Liberation Organization Akif Nagi said
that Azerbaijan should refuse from the capitulation and mediation by
the OSCE Minsk Group.
MP Ilyas Ismaylov, the chairman of the Adalat party said that he did
not agree with the proposal. Ismaylov considers it wrong to go
against the peaceful negotiations.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began in
1988 due to the Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since
1992, the Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven neighboring
districts. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire
agreement which ended the active hostilities. The Co-Chairs of the
OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France, and the US) are currently holding
the peaceful negotiations.