Azerbaijan, Baku, August 10 / Trend News J. Babayeva /
Deputy speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (the Parliament) said that the international community considers that it is time to solve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"It is impossible not to appreciate intensity of talks held to solve the conflict. Several international organizations consider it is time to solve the conflict. It is a good tendency," Azerbaijani deputy speaker, MP, Bahar Muradova, said in the interview with official website of New Azerbaijan ruling party on August 10.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except for Shusha and Khojali in December 1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khojali and 7 districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Acceleration of OSCE efforts can be considered as positive factor, Muradova said. "It is necessary to use these opportunities with maximal benefit. Only Azerbaijan has rates of economic development among Caucasian countries. It is connected with right policy. We want three countries of the region to develop simultaneously and inter-relations to be at hing-level between them," deputy speaker said.
If there is no peace, it will be impossible to use benefit of projects in the region, Muradova said. "The international community and different countries will fail to realize projects in the region completely without peace. The international community must join peace process for the sake of these interests. We wish these efforts to bring results and it will be possible to persuade Armenia to refuse from non-constructive position. Otherwise, other means can be used to protect Azerbaijani territory as the Azerbaijani President said," deputy speaker said.
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