Chair Of OSCE PA Hopes That Azerbaijan And Armenia Achieve Peace (Exclusive)
Date
5/22/2023 7:15:45 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 22. Hopefully,
Azerbaijan and Armenia will be able to achieve peace, Chair of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) Margareta Söderfelt told trend .
She noted that a special representative for the South
Caucasus has been appointed in order to encourage parliamentary
diplomacy, as well as to support stability and promote meetings
between the two countries.
"We are supporters of peace. As Chair of the OSCE PA,
I declare that peace is the most important issue, and we are
working in this direction," she said.
The conference on "The Role of National Parliaments in
Promoting Security and Stability through a Green Economy, Transport
Coordination and Sustainable Development" is being held in Baku
under the joint organization of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) of
Azerbaijan and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries
began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against
Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, the Armenian Armed
Forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Karabakh
region and seven surrounding districts.
After many years of occupation and over a month of
military action to liberate its territories from Armenian
occupation from late Sept. to early Nov. 2020, Azerbaijan has
pushed Armenia to sign the surrender document. A joint statement on
the matter was made by the Azerbaijani president, Armenia's PM, and
the president of Russia.
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