Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. S.Ilhamgizi / The Union for Democracy will hold the next Karabakh Forum in Baku on 25 September, the Union reported.
The Union has held three Krabakh Forums. A package of proposals concerning the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict on Nagorno-Karabakh has been developed and submitted to the Presidential Administration.
A new method on settling the conflict will be developed during the next forum.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began in 1988 due to territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia has occupied 20% of Azerbaijan 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 active hostilities ended. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France and USA) are currently holding peaceful negotiations.