Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 9 / Trend T. Hajiyev /
The EU must participate more actively in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, MEP, former Slovenian Foreign Minister Ivo Vajgl said.
"I am confident that this problem should be in the center of European policy. In the European parliament we stand for intensifying the dialogue to resolve this conflict," he told media in Baku.
He said the problem cannot await a settlement forever. It must be solved.
He is taking part this week in a regional workshop organized by the European Commission. More than 130 representatives of NGOs and civilians have attended.
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.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.