Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. E.Huseynli / Supporters of military settling the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh should hold solidarity rally in Azadlyg avenue and to make statement protesting OSCE's functioning, Ilyas Ismaylov, the chairman of the Azerbaijani opposition Adalat Party, said to the Trend Agency. Only in that case world see unity of position of Azerbaijani people and the President.
"World must see that Azerbaijani people and President stand in unity position," Ismaylov said.
The Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev, noted in his statements that if the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict not to be resolved through peace then the Azerbaijani Government will settle the conflict through military actions.
Azerbaijani opposition should demonstrate a single position in settling the conflict, Ismaylov said.
The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus began in 1988 due to territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia has occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding Districts. Since 1992, these territories have been under the occupation of the Armenian Forces. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time the active hostilities ended. The Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France and USA) are currently holding peaceful negotiations.
Opposition Adalat Party was founded in 1993. In 1996 the party united with Democratic Party of Azerbaijan. A group of MPs left DPA and restored their own party in 2000. Ilyas Ismaylov has been the chairman of the party from 2001. Ismaylov was a candidate for the presidential elections in Azerbaijan in 2003. Presently, Ismaylov is the MP in the Azerbaijani parliament.