Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be resolved within the international norms in the near future, said the Chair of US California Senate Environmental Quality Committee Joseph Simitian.
"We hope that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will soon find its fair and peaceful solution within the international norms," Simitian told reporters on Monday.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
The delegation led by Joseph Simitian, who is on a visit to Azerbaijan, visited the Alley of Honors to lay a wreath at the tomb of Azerbaijan's national leader Heydar Aliyev, also put flowers at the grave of prominent ophthalmologist, academician Zarifa Aliyeva.
The delegation also visited the Alley of Martyrs to commemorate Azerbaijani heroes who laid down their lives for the country's independence and territorial integrity.
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