IRAN’S MP: IRAN SUPPORTS PEACEFUL RESOLVING OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
Trend
April 26 2010
Azerbaijan
Iran is a supporter of peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
"Iran is a supporter of peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. The peaceful resolving of conflict will disappoint the
enemies and destroy their dirty plans associated with the region",
Azerbaijan-Iran Inter-Parliamentary Working Group co-chair Seyid
Kazim Mousavi told media on Monday.
Co-Chair and members of the Azerbaijani-Iranian inter-parliamentary
working group today visited the Honorary Cemetery and Alley
of Martyrs. During the visit they will meet with chairman of the
Azerbaijani Parliament Oktay Asadov, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
and other officials.
He said that the countries of the region are able to solve their
problems. The U.S. and other countries distant from the region are
trying to tighten the conflict for their own interests.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 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 resolutions
on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the occupied
territories.