Azerbaijan, Baku, July 30 / Trend , J.Babayeva/
Azerbaijan's left-wing parties have expressed their readiness to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with their Armenian counterparts.
The Socialist Party of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan Communist Party and the Communist Party united on the Marxism-Leninism platform consider necessary to hold a meeting with Armenia's left-wing parties to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at the party level.
"Such meetings would also create a confidential way among political parties and lead to unbiased decisions in the future. We believe that the time of such meeting is close, and we are ready to hold this meeting in a neutral territory acceptable for both sides," said the Azerbaijani left-win parties' statement, sent to Armenian counterparts.
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.
Azerbaijan's left parties hope their Armenian counterparts will pay a necessary attention to the statement and demonstrate an unbiased approach to this issue for peace and stability in the Caucasus region.
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