Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 17 /Trend corr. E. Aliyev/
"Situation in occupied territories of Azerbaijan" and "Continuous conflicts in GUAM and their influence on an international peace, safety and development" paragraphs are included in the agenda of the 66th session of UN General Assembly , Permament mission of Azerbaijan to United Nations told Trend. Hearing of these paragraphs are planned to realize at "Preservation of international peace and security" meeting at plenary session of Assembly.
An Armenian representative having a speech on regulation of meeting expressed disagreement of his country to include "the Situation in occupied territories of Azerbaijan" paragraph in the agenda. However, Armenia as the only state not supporting this paragraph showed aggressive and nonconstructive policy once again.
"The observer status of Parliamentary Assembly Turk-speaking countries in the General Assembly", suggested by Azerbaijan, and "The observer status of the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking Countries in General Assembly", suggested by Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey also were included in the agenda of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly. Hearings of these paragraphs are considered to realize under paragraph of "Organizational, administrative and other questions" at the Sixth Committee of the Assembly.
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.