Meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian PMs excepted

If the Armenian top leadership does not take any action to negotiate the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, one cannot believe that a meeting of parliamentarians of the two countries will have a positive result, Azerbaijani Deputy Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Bahar Muradova told media today.

She said that Azerbaijan received no specific proposals in connection with the meeting between the Azerbaijani and Armenian parliamentarians.

Time will tell whether the meeting will be held, she said. "While organising the meetings it is necessary to bring the parties' positions together and use even the smallest opportunity," Muradova said.

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 the 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.


/Trend/