Hearings on Karabakh conflict to be held in European parliaments

The hearings on Nagorno-Karabakh will be held in the parliaments of several European countries this year, member of Azerbaijani delegation to PACE, MP Elhan Suleymanov told media today.

"The discussions are expected to be held at the autumn session of the Belgian Parliament," he said. "A resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh is planned to be adopted."

"The hearings on the Azerbaijani occupied territories will be held in the Spanish Parliament in June and the Italian Parliament in September," he said.

"The Italian Parliament has already adopted a document this year that supports Azerbaijan's position in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," he said. "It will re-discuss the issue in September this year."

"It is important when the parliaments of other countries recognize the realities of the Nagorno-Karabakh and Khojaly genocide," he said.
"Several issues, related to the material and moral damage caused to Azerbaijan as a result of the Armenian occupation, were examined," he said. "A book was created on the basis of these materials."

"The committee's estimations, the damage worth $ 431 billion was caused to Azerbaijan as a result of the conflict," he said. "The committee includes the heads of executive power of the Azerbaijani occupied areas."

"The historical and geopolitical roots of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are being studied in the book "Armenia's armed aggression against Azerbaijan and severe consequences of the occupation"," he said.

The author of the book is Suleymanov.

"The book will be published in Russian, English, Italian, French," he said. "The copies of this book will be sent to the parliaments of many European countries."

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. - are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.


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