Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Jan 15 2008
PACE to Receive Documents on Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
15.01.08 11:49
Azerbaijan, Baku, 15 January / Òrend corr I. Alizade / The documents
on Nagorno-Karabakh which were developed by the Azerbaijani
delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
(PACE) will be submitted to the organization at the winter session.
`The documents include information on the occupation of a region of
Azerbaijan by Armenia, arson which has been committed all over the
occupied territories and the destruction of cultural and historical
monuments,’ a member of the delegation Ganira Pashayeva said to Trend
on 15 January.
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
neighbouring 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.
In January 2005, PACE passed Resolution 1416 associated with the
Nagorno-Karabakh problem. The Resolution states that Armenia had
occupied Azerbaijani territories. It also contains proposals to
settle the conflict. PACE had established a sub-committee to control
the conflict.
According to Pashayeva, the documents urge CE to increase its
pressure on Armenia to implement the resolution passed by PACE. The
documents are planned to be distributed both in PACE and other
committees of the organization, Pashayeva said.
`Once the subject on `Ecological Globalization and Ecological
Activities’ will be discussed at the winter session, we will inform
the organization of how the Armenians are burning the forests in the
occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Within the framework of this
subject we will also touch upon the preservation of water resources,’
she said.
The PACE winter session will take place in Strasburg on 21-25
December.
Azerbaijan joined the CE in 2001.