Azerbaijan, Baku, July 2 / Trend A. Huseynbala /
Leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh Azerbaijani community met with OSCE chairman, Greek foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis arriving in Azerbaijan.
"Head of community Bayram Safarov informed OSCE chairman about reasons and goals of community establishment at the meeting," head of coordination council of Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh Mehdi Abdullayev told Trend on July 2.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December 1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7 districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Nizami Bahmanov headed public union Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh till September 2008. Bahmanov represented Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh as head of executive power of Shusha in peace talks conducted within OSCE Minsk Group.
Chairman of the community Bayram Safarov was elected new head of executive power of Shusha at the first meeting on June 5.
Bakoyannis informed interlocutors about willingness of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen to conduct meeting with leadership of Azerbaijani community, Abdullayev said.
Bakoyannis told members of community at the meeting that she will mobilize all efforts to solve problems as OSCE head, Abdullayev said. "OSCE chairman promised to do her best to solve this conflict in the nearest future," he said.
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