Azerbaijan, Baku, July 20 / Trend /
Position of the Bundestag is reflected in a press release of the CDU/CSU, which calls the so-called presidential elections in Nagorno-Karabakh as a "heavy blow to the international community's efforts to seek a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict", Johannes Kahrs, member of German Bundestag from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDP), said in an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza (Bulletin of the Caucasus).
"I can only support this statement. It reflects the Bundestag's position as a whole. And we have always presented this position both at the level of the EU and Bundestag, as well as our party," Kahrs said.
He said it is important so that discussions between the conflict parties continued, and it is necessary to be in contact with the Armenian and Azerbaijani governments to reach a reasonable solution to this problem.
"I do not think that the "elections" that are now held there, will help someone. I am afraid that they will only exacerbate the confrontation," Kahrs said.
In his view, resolution of the conflict is possible only by joint efforts of the Armenian and Azerbaijani governments with the support of the OSCE Minsk Group. It is necessary to find a reasonable solution for the people in Nagorno-Karabakh, Kahrs believes.
"I consider the situation as clear and unambiguous from a legal point of view, and therefore, in my view, it is necessary to intensively explain Armenia that this situation is unacceptable. Conflict can not last forever. And when I was last time in Azerbaijan, again there was an incident on the front line with victims - it can not be a solution to the problem," he said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven 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 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.