Azerbaijani opposition parties comment on their international cooperation

Azerbaijani Democratic Party does not deal with international cooperation.

"We do not cooperate with political parties of any foreign country constantly. Despite our attempts to establish cooperation with political parties of some European countries, no result was achieved," chairman of Azerbaijani Democratic Party Sardar Jalaloglu said.

Musavat party cooperates with some political parties from Europe, Turkey, Ukraine and Georgia. "The party is a member of Liberal-Democratic Union. This union is famous in Europe and has authoritative representatives in several European countries. We cooperate with more than EU 30 parties. Moreover, we have close relations with some political parties fromTurkey, Ukraine and Georgia," Musavat party senior Arif Hajili said.

Hajili said the level of international co-operation of Musavat leaves much to be desired. "We fail to participate in several meetings of the Union due tom financial problems. We also can not invite our supporters from Turkey, Georgia and Ukraine to Azerbaijan due to the same reason. But we periodically hold meetings to preserve  inter-relations," Hajili said.

International cooperation of the Azerbaijani Social Democratic Party is at high level.

"We are members of Socialist International Organization. Political parties of many world countries are represented in this organization. Our cooperation is rather strong," co-chairman of Azerbaijani Social Democratic party Araz Alizade said.

Azerbaijani National Independence Party says the party is a political organization in the country with the highest level of political cooperation.

"The party is a member of the International Democratic Union since 1997. Roughly 80 parties from 63 world countries are represented in this union. The party closely cooperates with the Swedish Moderate ruling party, the European People's Party, Republican Party (USA), the South Azerbaijani Independence Party operating in Canada," party's spokesperson Ali Orujev said.

Orujev said that current level of international cooperation of the party can be described as satisfactory. "We are trying to further expand our international cooperation", he said.

/Trend News/