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Azerbaijan's ruling party ready for dialogue with opposition

Politics Materials 28 March 2013 19:23 (UTC +04:00)
There is suitable environment for dialogue Azerbaijan, and "Yeni Azerbaijan" party is open to it, Deputy Executive Secretary of the ruling party "Yeni Azerbaijan" Party (YAP), member of Milli Majlis (Parliament) Mubariz Gurbanli told Trend.
Azerbaijan's ruling party ready for dialogue with opposition

Azerbaijan, Baku, March 28 / Trend E. Mehdiyev /

There is suitable environment for dialogue Azerbaijan, and "Yeni Azerbaijan" party is open to it, Deputy Executive Secretary of the ruling party "Yeni Azerbaijan" Party (YAP), member of Milli Majlis (Parliament) Mubariz Gurbanli told Trend.

Gurbanli expressed his confusion about what the opposition means by dialogue.

"Speaking of the dialogue, the opposition sometimes means negotiations at the table with high government officials," - the MP said.

Dialogue is a process, suitable environment for which exists in Azerbaijan, he said.

According to Gurbanli, exchanging views in the press on topics identified by both sides, as well as holding debates in the parliament are indicators of the existence of dialogue environment in Azerbaijan.

"This is a dialogue environment. But concerning meetings on specific issues, New Azerbaijan Party has repeatedly stated that we are open for dialogue, and any political party, can contact us to discuss any theme with us," - he added.

According to him, if the radical opposition considers a conversation at the table with a person having a high position in the government as a dialogue, that is not a dialogue, but a bilateral meeting.

"For example, after the return of Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan, some biased speeches against Azerbaijan sounded in the European Parliament. Protesting against this, we, along with representatives of 18 parties met at the headquarters of New Azerbaijan Party, discussed and signed a document, which was sent to the European Parliament. We previously signed and sent together documents related to Karabakh and Armenian provocations. This is an indicator of the dialogue. So a dialogue takes place when as a specific theme is defined and there is an exchange of views around it," he added.

Sometimes some forces misunderstand the word "dialogue," the MP said.

"Sometimes we observe a naive and primitive approach of opposition, thinking, for example, that the conversation with the head of the Presidential Administration is a dialogue. Why a particular meeting with representatives of your party should be considered as a dialogue? What is then a meeting of several parties? Isn't it a dialogue? Even a meeting of constructive and destructive oppositional parties is a dialogue," he added.

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