ANTALYA, Türkiye, April 11. The Minsk Group should dissolve itself, said Şamil Ayrım, a member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) and head of the Türkiye-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Friendship Group, told reporters, Trend reports.
Speaking on the sidelines of the 4th Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Ayrım pointed out that the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict is on the home stretch, with a peace agreement already in the works.
"In Armenia's Constitution, a sentence asserts that Azerbaijan's Karabakh region and parts of eastern Turkey belong to Armenia, invoking the 'Greater Armenia' ideology. This clause should be removed, as peace is impossible with a country whose constitution lays claim to the territory of another nation. For 30 years, the OSCE Minsk Group has ignored a series of massacres by Armenia. It is time for the Minsk Group to dissolve itself, as these two issues are critical.
Azerbaijan, a staunch advocate for peace and multiculturalism in the Caucasus, recently hosted an important international conference at ADA University. Azerbaijan today is far different from the country it was 30 years ago: it boasts a strong military, the ability to maintain its independence, and is led by one of the world’s most influential figures," Ayrim said.
The official further emphasized that Turkish-Azerbaijani relations are progressing with genuine sincerity.
To note, the OSCE Minsk Group was established in 1992 during the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), which has since evolved into the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Its primary objective was to facilitate a diplomatic and negotiated settlement to the ongoing hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh region. However, rather than facilitating a resolution to the conflict, this group failed to contribute any constructive outcomes towards the resolution process.
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