Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct.24 / Trend A.Huseynbala /
There is a serious need to re-establish the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in connection with settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, the Azerbaijani MP from opposition Panah Huseyn believes.
"Formerly, made attempts were to re-establish the NRM's activities initiated by former president Abulfaz Elchibey and currently there is more favorable situation in the country for it," Huseyn told Trend on Oct.24.
In 1988-1991 the NRM operated in the country to restore the independence of Azerbaijan.
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.
According to Huseyn, the movement that will help society to express its protest against the actions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, that are contrary to Azerbaijan's interests may be named in a different way.
"Our aim is to organize social mobilization of political forces, NGOs, prominent intellectuals, as well as veterans of the Karabakh war, families of martyrs and representatives of the occupied lands," the MP added.
According to Huseyn, the most acceptable option for achieving this mobilization could be the restoration of the NRM. "In my opinion, this function can be done by establishing the movement, like the Popular Front. However, because of disagreements among the political forces, the most acceptable option is to recreate the NRM," he added.
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