AZERBAIJANI EURO MPS DISCUSS NAGORNO-KARABAKH WITH ARMENIAN PRESIDENT
Vestnik Kavkaza
Feb 24 2012
Russia
Members of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly have discussed the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,
Azerbaijani MP Faradzh Guliyev told Trend on Friday.
Azerbaijani officials told Sargsyan that they cannot visit graves of
their compatriots on the occupied territories. They also noted the
need to organize meetings of Azerbaijani and Armenian communities
of Nagorno-Karabakh.
President Serzh Sargsyan responded that Nagorno-Karabakh is not part of
Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani MPs reminded about 4 UN resolutions demanding
withdrawal from the occupied territories.
Sargsyan rejected the initiative of EU assistance in resolving the
conflict, expressing preference of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Guliyev said that Armenian border guards escorted them to an isolator
at the airport in Yerevan.
Azerbaijani MPs Rovshan Rzayev, Faradzh Guliyev and Azay Guliyev
visited Armenia to attend the social committee of the Euronest PA on
February 21-23.
Euronest consists of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.