Vice speaker of the AR Parliament considers that the OSCE and other international organizations are not interested in the solution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
“As long as I did not participate at the OSCE events I hoped the co-chairs’ visit to the region will produce any result. But being involved in the process and witnessing the attitude to the issue and how the things are developing, I do not think that any visit will have unusual importance, and may be, definite international circles want the conflict to continue”, Bahar Muradova, leader of the Azerbaijani delegation to the OSCE PA, vice speaker of the Milli Majlis (AR Parliament) stated on July 9 while commenting on the OSCE Minsk Group’s visit to the region at the beginning of this month, Trend News informs.
Reference of Trend News: The Minsk Group was established within the OSCE in 1992 with participation of 10 countries in order to settle peacefully the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Representatives of three countries – the USA, Russia and France have been represented in the Minsk Group since 1997.
Muradova stated she had witnessed double standards at the OSCE PA summer session held last week in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana.
“I appealed to the OSCE Secretary General during the session mentioning that serious violations had taken place at the last presidential elections in Armenia. I even asked if they would discuss the situation in Armenia after the elections, human deaths, mass arrests and other issues again. The Secretary General replied there is standing representation of the OSCE in Armenia and it was intended to establish a long-term observation mission. They observe the process and these issues are being clarified”, said the vice speaker emphasizing that the results of the co-chairs’ last visit are not a turning point. Last time, the co-chairs visited the region at the end of June.
Armenia occupied 20 percent of the Azerbaijan territory – Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts. The occupation started in 1988. Until December 1991, Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojaly. But in 1992-93, Shusha, Khojaly and seven surrounding districts of Nagorno-Karabakh were occupied too. In 1994, the parties signed the ceasefire agreement and hold peace talks till today.
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