Azerbaijan, Baku, June 1 / Trend , A. Huseyinbala/
The issue on replacement of the leadership of the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh will be considered at a meeting.
"The meeting will be held on June 5. The current activity and further plans of the community will be discussed at the meeting," a member of the Public Union Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh, deputy Elman Mammadov told Trend .
Nizami Bahmanov was the head of the Public Union Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh. Bahmanov represented the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh as the head of the Shusha City Administration at the peace negotiations within the OSCE Minsk Group.
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.
Mmmadov said that he did not posses information about the possibility to discuss his candidature to this position at the meeting," Mammadov added.
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