Nagorno Karabakh conflict included in draft resolution of OSCE Parliamentary Istanbul session

The 22nd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 29 June to 3 July 2013. APA reports quoting OSCE PA website that the Turkish Grand National Assembly will host the annual gathering under the theme of Helsinki +40 to provide parliamentary input to the work of the OSCE. New president, vice-presidents and committee chairmen of OSCE PA will be held during the session. Moreover, the Assembly committees will hold meetings. The solution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be discussed at the meeting of the General Committee on Political Affairs and Security. This issue has also been included in the draft resolution made by Lithuanian MP Vilija Aleknaite Abramikiene. The draft resolution calls for intensified efforts towards generating a peaceful and viable solution to the un-resolved conflicts, and urges the OSCE Chairmanship to redouble efforts to find solutions to the tragic protracted conflicts in the Caucasus and Moldova. The parliamentarians also urged the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to continue their engagement with Armenia and Azerbaijan to seek solutions to the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. /APA/