COMMISSION OUT OF AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN INTELLIGENTSIA OFFERED TO FORM
Trend News Agency
June 19 2009
Azerbaijan
The Union of Azerbaijani Intelligentsia considers it possible to create
a joint commission out of Azerbaijani and Armenian intelligentsia
or the Union of Elders for implementation of public diplomacy in the
solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.
"The main condition is that both sides really need to make efforts to
solve the problem. The contribution to the solution of this problem
can make not only intelligentsia but also people sincere acting in the
interests of the people. These people regardless of their nationality
do not trample justice," Chairman of the Union Eldaniz Guliev told
Trend News on Thursday.
At the initiative of Ambassadors of Azerbaijan and Armenia to Russia –
Polad Bulbuloglu and Armen Smbatian- intelligentsia of both countries
visited Khankendi, Yerevan and Baku, in June 2007. The composition
of the Azerbaijani delegation was composed of Polad Bulbuloglu,
Farhad Badalbeyli, Kamal Abdulla, Azer Pasha Nemat and Ilham
Fataliyev. Another visit is planned for July this year.
According to Guliyev, the fact that Armenia does not follow
international legal norms and does not make a compromise, taking
steps that do not correspond to common sense, obviously. "But on the
other hand, the conflict can not last forever. There are refugees and
internally displaced persons who suffer from this conflict," he said.
According to him, if the conflict between the two countries can not
be resolved, then intelligentsia and other active members of society
must increase their efforts towards settling this problem. "In this
case, it would be possible to move forward," Guliev said.
The Movement of Azerbaijani Intelligentsia was established in 2003. In
2007, it was to be officially registered in the Ministry of Justice
as an association of intellectuals in Azerbaijan. The purpose
of the organization is to protect the rights of intellectuals of
Azerbaijan and achievement of reconciliation between opposition and
the authorities.