Azeri MPs raise issue on settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh dispute at OSCE PA summer session

Baku, July 7 (AzerTAc). Azerbaijan`s parliamentary delegation has raised an issue on the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at the summer session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly held in Belgrade.
The session has also included a meeting of the permanent committee of the assembly.
The meeting discussed financial issues, membership fees of the member countries and 2011-2012 budget of the assembly.
Addressing the event, secretary general of the OSCE PA Spencer Oliver spoke of the work of the international secretariat.
The attendees have also heard reports by heads of observation missions during the elections in Macedonia, Kazakhstan and Turkey.
Head of the Azerbaijani delegation, deputy chairman of the Milli Majlis Bahar Muradova has raised the issue for appointment of the new special representative of the assembly for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and chairman of the OSCE PA Petros Efthymiou promised to tackle the issue.
During the meeting of the assembly, OSCE chairman-in-office made a speech in which he touched upon the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Responding to the question by Bahar Muradova, the chairman stressed Azerbaijan and Armenia must assess the activity of the Minsk group.
Addressing the discussions, Azerbaijani MP Azay Guliyev criticized the efforts by Armenia to derail negotiations.
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