Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend S.Ilhamgizi / The Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) is preparing a demonstration in connection with the visit of the Armenian delegation to Azerbaijan, Akif Nagi, KLO Chairman said on13 September.
The World Senior Wrestling Championship will begin in Baku on 15 September. Sportsmen from Armenia will also participate at this international event and Azerbaijan has provided a guarantee for their security.
KLO said that the occupant and terrorist country should not to be allowed to attend the international event; it is the requirement of the international standards. The non-obstacle tour of Armenians to Azerbaijan means that Armenia is challenging the very country that it showed aggression against.
"To protest against the Armenians' visit to Baku on 15 September we will be on stand-by at all flight arrivals into the airport. Should the Armenians arrive, we will hold demonstrations in different cities and try to avoid police interference," the KLO said.
Azad Rahimov, the Azerbaijani Minister for Youth and Sports, held a meeting with Nagi to avoid KLO's protest against Armenian's visit and spoke about the importance of the organization of an international championship in the country. However, the Chairman of the KLO said he will insist on this action as the Armenians' visit to Baku contradicts Azerbaijan's national interests.
Delegations from Armenia also participated in a meeting of CIS Interior Ministers in Baku last week and KLO attempted to hold a demonstration but this was prevented by the police.
The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus began in 1988 due to territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia has occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding Districts. Since 1992, these territories have been under the occupation of the Armenian Forces. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time the active hostilities ended. The Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France and USA) are currently holding peaceful negotiations.
The KLO was established in Baku on 28 January 2000, with the objective of a public struggle for the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh. KLO unites representatives of intelligentsia, refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), old and young people as well as former military soldiers.