Representatives of Azerbaijani civil society to visit Nagorno Karabakh again

The due announcement was made by Arzu Abdullayeva, chairman of the Azerbaijani National Committee of the Helsinki Civil Assembly, at a regular session of the Public Council for Nagorno Karabakh conflict resolution.

She said the visit of a delegation of 10 people will last for a week, Novosti-Azerbaijan reports.

She also informed about the problems of passing the front line.

"Following the vsit of the first mission of popular diplomatslead by the Culture Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia to Baku, Yerevan and Khankendi, the officials of the state announced that such practice will ensure rapprochement of the sides, which will have a positive impact on the process of the conflict resolution. We have informed country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs about our plans. But the answer was negative and we were not allowed to pay a visit to Nagorno Karabakh via the front line", Abdullayeva said noting that in this case they will have to go to Khankendi via Armenia.


According to the human rights activist, the talks on the peaceful resolution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict are held both on the official and unofficial levels.

"We have been working in this direction since 1993. Initially, our activity aimed to find missing people and those Armenians and Azerbaijanis, who were captured in the result of the Karabakh war. We have collected due information and ensured their return home.

Moreover, we are striving for creation of conditions for the representatives of the Azerbaijani and Armenian community, scientists, people, engaged in the Karabakh problems, to discuss the possible resolution of the conflict. Certainly, this is a long-term process, whose resolution does not envision a single prescription", the chairman said.

Abdullayeva noted that the position of the Azerbaijani people in this issue remains changeless: the occupied lands must be released.

"The Prague negotiation process on the peaceful resolution of the conflict is at a dead end right now. This is caused by the fact that the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen have their own interests in the issue. The resolution of the problem is complicated by the fact that Russia and the United States can not come to a single decision in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group. The powers of Azerbaijan and Armenia should undertake necessary steps for the conflict settlement and there is a need to promote the development of the civil society", the human rights activity noted and said that there is a need to prepare the population of the two countries for peaceful coexistence.

She said she considers it to be a purpose of the visit to Nagorno Karabakh.

"We will take part in a conference in Armenia and will then visit Nagorno Karabakh, as we are obliged to choose this very route", she said.