Turkic-speaking countries' PA to likely debate Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

"The agenda and issues to be discussed in the session will be determined at the first meeting of the General Assembly. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict may also be included on the agenda," Azerbaijani Parliamentarian and Member of the Azerbaijani Delegation to the PATC Nizami Jafarov said.

Jafarov said Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan refused to join the PATC. "These countries have not yet made a final decision on this issue. There is a hope that Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will also join the organization," the parliamentarian said.

An agreement was reached at the last year's meeting of heads of the Turkish-countries' parliaments held in Istanbul to form the Parliamentary Assembly which included Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey. Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan refused to join it.

Baku will host the first session of the PATC in late September.

Jafarov said the Association of the Parliamentary Journalists will be soon established under the PATC.

"If even the Turkmen and Uzbek parliamentarians do not attend the Baku session of the PA, journalists of these countries can be invited to this event. At present we are working over these issues," he said.

/Trend News/