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  • BAKU: PACE to Receive Documents on Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

    Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
    Jan 15 2008


    PACE to Receive Documents on Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
    15.01.08 11:49

    Azerbaijan, Baku, 15 January / Òrend corr I. Alizade / The documents
    on Nagorno-Karabakh which were developed by the Azerbaijani
    delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
    (PACE) will be submitted to the organization at the winter session.
    `The documents include information on the occupation of a region of
    Azerbaijan by Armenia, arson which has been committed all over the
    occupied territories and the destruction of cultural and historical
    monuments,' a member of the delegation Ganira Pashayeva said to Trend
    on 15 January.

    The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began in
    1988, due to the Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
    Since 1992, the Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of
    Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven
    neighbouring districts. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a
    ceasefire agreement which ended the active hostilities. The Co-Chairs
    of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France, and the US) are currently
    holding the peaceful negotiations.

    In January 2005, PACE passed Resolution 1416 associated with the
    Nagorno-Karabakh problem. The Resolution states that Armenia had
    occupied Azerbaijani territories. It also contains proposals to
    settle the conflict. PACE had established a sub-committee to control
    the conflict.

    According to Pashayeva, the documents urge CE to increase its
    pressure on Armenia to implement the resolution passed by PACE. The
    documents are planned to be distributed both in PACE and other
    committees of the organization, Pashayeva said.

    `Once the subject on `Ecological Globalization and Ecological
    Activities' will be discussed at the winter session, we will inform
    the organization of how the Armenians are burning the forests in the
    occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Within the framework of this
    subject we will also touch upon the preservation of water resources,'
    she said.

    The PACE winter session will take place in Strasburg on 21-25
    December.

    Azerbaijan joined the CE in 2001.
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