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    AZERBAIJANI RULING PARTY: MAJOR CHANGES NEEDED IN OSCE MINSK GROUP FORMAT

    arminfo
    Tuesday, October 30, 13:04

    A fair way to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be found,
    executive secretary of the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) Ali
    Ahmedov said, Trend reports.

    "The purpose of negotiations within the Minsk Group is the practical
    help to resolve the conflict. The conflict hasn't been resolved
    for more than 20 years, and if some structure can not fulfill its
    obligations for 20 years, then I believe that we need to make serious
    changes to the format of the Minsk Group," Ahmedov said. He noted
    that Azerbaijan supports peaceful settlement of the conflict.

    "Is it possible to believe that the negotiations will give results if
    there is no progress during the 20 years of the conflict? To believe
    this, one has to be optimistic. I think that the people of Azerbaijan
    are no longer optimistic. A just way to resolve the conflict and to
    end the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people should be found,"
    Ahmedov said.

    The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict broke out on February 28 1988 in the
    Azerbaijani Sumgait with massacre of Armenians as a peculiar response
    of Azerbaijanis to the peaceful demand of the Nagorno-Karabakh
    autonomous Region, part of the Azerbaijani SSR, to unite with the
    Armenian SSR. This resulted in other pogroms of Armenians in Baku,
    Kirovabad and other regions of Azerbaijan populated with Armenians. In
    1991 Azerbaijan unleashed war against peaceful populations of
    Nagorno-Karabakh, expulsing ethnic Armenians from the territory of
    Azerbaijan. Dozens of thousands of peaceful residents on both parties
    were killed in the military actions, and hundreds of thousands were
    left homeless and have become refugees. In 1994 in Bishkek in mediation
    of the OSCE MG, the NKR, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Protocol on
    Ceasefire that is observed more or less so far. Since 1992 the OSCE
    Minsk Group represented by co- chairs from Russia, U.S. and France has
    been mediating in resolution of the conflict unleashed by Azerbaijan
    in 1988. At present the peace process is based on the Madrid Principles
    suggested by the OSCE MG in 2007 in Madrid and renovated in 2009.




    From: A. Papazian
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