Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 12 / Trend A.Huseynbala /
Azerbaijani First Deputy Speaker Ziyafat Asgarov called on OSCE MG co-chair countries to exert pressure on Armenia.
"The OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries- the U.S, France and Russia to pressure on Armenia, so that negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to take place within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan," he said at today's parliamentary meeting.
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 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - 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.
He said otherwise, as the Azerbaijani President said, it will be impossible to avoid other solution to the problem.
"The Armenian Constitutional Court's amendments to the protocols signed between Turkey and Armenia, has once again confirmed that the country is not interested in achieving peace in the region," he said. "However, it is expected to submit the issue of contrived "Armenian genocide" for the Congress' discussion Feb.24, without taking into account Yerevan's position."
He said the U.S. Congress should bring the question of the Khojali genocide to the discussion.
"As there are no facts confirming the so-called "Armenian genocide ". But, there are a lot of the facts confirming the Khojali genocide," he added.
The Armenian troops committed genocide in Khojali on Feb. 26, 1992. The tragedy began early morning. Within hours, over 613 unarmed Azerbaijani citizens were killed and among them were 106 women and 83 children. About 1,000 people were disabled by shots; eight families were fully destroyed. A total of 25 children lost both of their parents and 130 children lost one of them. About 1,275 people were taken prisoner and around 150 people went missing. Eight families were completely killed.
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