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    ARMENIAN MPS EXPECTED TO COME TO BAKU

    Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
    Oct 2 2007

    Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. I.Alizadeh / It is expected that
    Armenian MPs will attend at the meeting of the Cultural, Education
    and Science Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea
    Economic Cooperation (PA BEC), which will be held in Baku on 3 and 4
    October, Asaf Hajiyev, the head of the Azerbaijani Delegation to PA
    BEC and vice-president of the structure, said on 2 October.

    "PA BEC has 12 members. Turkey has not been formed the delegation
    to the structure after the latest parliamentary elections in the
    country. The parliamentary elections in Turkey were held on 2
    October. Due to aforesaid reasons these countries will not attend
    at the meeting of the committee. There is no information about
    participation of Armenian MPs at the meeting," Hajiyev said. Three
    MPs represent Armenia at the PA BEC, Vladimir Badalyan, Garik Minasyan
    and Mekhak Mkhitaryan.

    Badalyan is the deputy chairman of the Cultural, Education and Science
    Committee. Increase of subsistence wage in the Black Sea region will
    be discussed at the meeting.

    PA BEC unites 12 countries, Azerbaijan, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece,
    Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, Serbia and Armenia.

    Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Russia,
    Belarus and World Health Organization will attend at the meeting.

    "We will raise the issue concerning occupation of Azerbaijani
    territories by Armenians, fire of the occupied territories and destroy
    of historical monuments. We will try to explain the participants of
    the meeting that occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenians
    negatively affects on development of the region," the MP added.

    The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus began in 1988
    due to territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia has
    occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land including the Nagorno-Karabakh
    region and its seven surrounding Districts. Since 1992, these
    territories have been under the occupation of the Armenian Forces. In
    1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time
    the active hostilities ended. The Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
    ( Russia, France and USA) are currently holding peaceful negotiations.
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