Discussions of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at the OSCE summit in Astana will be an important step toward solving this problem, a Turkish MP told Trend.
"Discussions of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on such a very important meeting as the Astana summit indicate that this problem will be resolved sooner or later," Azerbaijan-Turkey Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group Co-Chairman Mustafa Kabakci told Trend today over the phone. "I believe that this summit will be one of the most important steps made toward the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."
The OSCE summit will be held in Astana on Dec. 1-2 and will bring together presidents and prime ministers from 56 OSCE member countries and 12 OSCE partner countries, as well as the heads of 68 international organizations.
The summit has been held six times since the organization's inception in 1975. The last was held in Istanbul in 1999.
Kabakchi said Turkey always raises the Nagorno-Karabakh issue at international forums. Ankara makes every effort to accelerate the conflict's resolution, he added.
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 seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the United States - 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.
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