Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov.26 / Trend , A.Huseynbala /
Azerbaijani MPs want the foreign minister to issue a report on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"Parties in parliament should be informed about the situation, as well as talks on the settlement of the conflict," said Great Establishment Party Chairman Fazail Mustafa said at a parliamentary session.
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.
Mustafa said closed hearings should be held on the talks with parliament and the foreign minister and deputy foreign minister.
"To resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in accordance with Azerbaijan's interests, we should establish an even closer relationship with Russia," Unified Popular Front Party Chairman Gudrat Hasanguliyev said.
He added that Azerbaijan could join the Collective Security Treaty to settle the conflict.
"I think that in this way we would have the ability to influence Armenia's position via Russia. If necessary, we could agree to place Russian's military bases in Azerbaijan," he said
"There is no need to submit to parliament a report on talks to resolve Nagorno-Karabakh, " said MP, Deputy Executive Secretary of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party Mubariz Gurbanli. "The president has constantly voiced the position of our state on the highest level."
He added that parliament should only consider the adoption of a law related to the occupied territories.
"Passing this law, we would have restrictions on international organizations' and companies' visitng Nagorno-Karabakh," Gurbanli said.
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