Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 8 /Trend, T.Hajiyev/
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be presented to discussions at the winter session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, if any serious conditions do not prevent it, Vice Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Bahar Muradova said in an interview to the official website of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party.
She said last year this issue was raised on the eve of the summer session of the organization.
"During OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou's visit to Azerbaijan, this issue was raised before him in a more concrete form. Then, Petros Efthymiou said that the discussion of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be organized at one of the sessions of the OSCE PA with the participation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen and the report of co-chairmen regarding the situation should be heard. Efthymiou appealed to the co-chairmen with this initiative, but it failed to hold such a discussion during the summer session. At a meeting with the parliamentary delegations of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Efthymiou told us that he continues to work on this issue and such a hearing could be held at the autumn session of the organization," said Muradova.
She expressed hope that the head of the organization will contribute to holding such discussions and fair solution of the conflict.
"It is not only in our interests as a side suffering from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The OSCE is also trying to expand its participation in the process of solving the conflict. Naturally conducting such discussions will increase the influence of this organization," said Muradova.
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 and the surrounding regions.