Azeirbaijan, Baku / corr Trend S.Ilhamgizi / Azerbaijan should open the border with Armenia and establish economical and diplomatic ties with this country, Mais Gulaliyev, the chairman of Greens Party of Azerbaijan said.
Accorgimg to Gulaliev, the party has carried out geopolitical researches over the region and prepared proposals on the resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. The issue will be discussed at a roundtable on 11 September. The party's position on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be announed at the meeting.
Gulaliev said on 1 September, that a package of proposals basically stipulate economical, public-political ways to solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The document analyzes the Azerbaijani economy and oil revenues of the country. Moreover, the analysis of the positions and interests of international financial institutes, foreign countries, and international organizations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was included in the proposals.
The chairman of the Greens Party ruled out the armed solution to the conflict. It is unreal and can benefit only the Azerbaijani opposition desiring replacement in power. "The opposition understands it cannot come to power through elections in the near future. Forces, desiring accession to power take every effort to make the Government use armed interference and achieve replacement in the Government in this way. In case war is broken out, the international organizations will take every effort to replace the state power, even if NATO forces will strike blows on Azerbaijan without delay," the party leader said.
The Karabakh problem should be resolved only in a peaceable way, which passes through the fulfillment of all commitments by Azerbaijan. "We described the Government's commitments to the Azerbaijani people, opposition, non-governmental organizations and international organizations in a package of proposals. After the fulfillment of all obligations and consolidation of Azerbaijani economy Azerbaijan should take out Armenian from the economic blockade and put this country under its economic dependence," he said.
The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus began in 1988 due to territorial claims by Armenia against Azerbaijan. Armenia has occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani land including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding Districts. Since 1992, these territories have been under the occupation of the Armenian Forces. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time the active hostilities ended. The Co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France and USA) are currently holding peaceful negotiations.