11 February 2012, 02:15 (GMT+04:00)

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Azerbaijan's opposition party supports cooperation only with one party at parliamentary elections

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 21 / Trend A. Huseynbala /

Azerbaijan's Opposition Party Musavat supports cooperation only with the country's Popular Front Party at the parliamentary elections.

"Our proposal on participation in the parliamentary elections has been known for a long time. We support joint actions with the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party. But we regret that we do not feel a positive response from the other side," Sulheddin Akbar, Musavat party chairman, told Trend on Thursday.

Parliamentary elections will be held in fall 2010. The previous elections were in November 2005.

Azerbaijan has a majority elections system that covers the country's 125 districts.

"We do not want to waste time. The priority for us will be nomination of a perspective, really strong candidate for each of the constituencies," Akbar chairman said.

According to him, cooperation with any of the parties is possible in future.

"We can do it without a mutual agreement. If a candidate of any opposition party is from our candidates in any constituency, we are ready to support him," Akbar said.

According to the Majlis's chairman, the preparations for the elections is a process that requires time. "We do not want the position of any of the parties has prevented our preparations," he said.

The Musavat party was founded in Baku in 1911. The party's resumed work on Nov. 7, 1992. Gambar won the majority of the votes and was elected chief of the party.

Gambar was a parliamentary speaker in the Milli Majlis from 1992-1993 and a presidential candidate in the 2003 elections. The party is represented by four MPs in parliament.

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