Azerbaijan, Baku, 7 November / Trend corr. J.Babayeva/ Azerbaijani National NGO Forum plans to hold a Karabakh Forum.
The decision was made at the meeting of the National NGO Forum's administration on 7 November.
The views of the public must be revealed to conduct the Karabakh Forum, Head of the National NGO Forum Rauf Zeyni said. "An organizing committee of a special format must be established to conduct the forum."
National NGO Forum's administration decided to hold certain arrangements related to the Karabakh Forum by the end of the year.
At the end of the meeting, three NGOs were admitted to the National NGO Forum's membership, which unites about 500 NGOs.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan lost the Nagorno-Karabakh, except of Shusha and Khojali, in December 1991. In 1992-93, Armenian Armed Forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and Nagorno-Karabakh's seven surrounding regions. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time the active hostilities ended. The countries keep on peace negotiating.
OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by USA, Russia, France is engaged in peace settling of the conflict.
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