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Kazakhstan, Astana, Feb. 15 / Trend K. Konyrova /
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State, and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev met with representatives of the Azerbaijani political parties today.
Saudabayev, who is on an official visit to Azerbaijan, said the country's high level of development reflects the successful continuation of Heydar Aliyev's policies.
The country loses hopes of assistance from international organizations in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Democratic Reforms Party leader Asim Mollazade at the meeting.
"We are dissatisfied with the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group, which creates conditions to simulate the negotiation process and are inconclusive," he said," As a result, Azerbaijan lost hopes that international organizations can help us to resolve the conflict peacefully."
Saudabayev also pointed out Kazakhstan's activity in this direction, referring to initiatives to resolve the conflict by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
"We look to Kazakhstan's legal nihilism," he added.
According to Saudabayev, the Kazakh presidency in the OSCE brings hope to Azerbaijan to resolve the conflict.
Participating in the meeting, ruling New Azerbaijan Party Executive Secretary Ali Ahmedov drew the attention of the OSCE chairman to the fact that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has remained unresolved for 20 years.
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.
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