Azerbaijan, Baku, 20 August / Trend corr. J.Babayeva / Two opposition parties of Azerbaijan, which opposed each other for a long period of time, will be united in one Centre of Cooperation.
"There is no any problem to unitre the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) and the Classical Popular Front Party (CPFP) in a new cooperation centre of opposition. Tensions between parties, which persisted earlier, are left back in history," Zalimkhan Mammadli, the chairman of the CPFPA Supreme Assembly said to Trend on 20 August.
Three opposition parties, including the Popular Front, the Liberal and the Citizen and Development, united in Azadlig bloc began to negotiate with opposition parties boycotting presidential elections in order to establish new centre of cooperation. The bloc held talks with Musavat, the CPFPA and the Public Forum of For Azerbaijan.
The CPFP held constitutive congress in March 2006. Earlier, it pretended to the name of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan and was known as PFPA of 'classicists'. Mirmahmud Miralioglu, a former deputy chairman of PFPA and former president Abulfaz Elchibay, was the chairman of the 'classicists' after collapse of the party in 2000. A new name - the CPFPA was adopted in 2006.
According to Mammadli, at present there is no any difference between the PFPA and CPFPA. "After it, cooperation of both parties is important for national interests," he said.
"It is expected that the new cooperation centre will be established on principle of long term strategic cooperation. Continuation of the center's activity will be discussed after the presidential elections," Mammadli said.
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