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At the meeting of the Standing Committee of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly the discussion of the draft resolution against Russia in connection with the Ukraine issue. The head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the OSCE PA Bahar Muradova opposed the resolution noting that the Nagorno Karabakyh issue was not included in the resolution. In its turn, Artashes Geghamyan called on the Azerbaijani authorities to hold negotiations with the Nagorno Karabakh authorities.

According to the Azerbaijani information agency APA at today’s meeting of the Standing Committee of the OSCE PA, President Ranko Krivokapić submitted for discussion the draft resolution of deputy head of the U.S. delegation to OSCE PA, Senator Benjamin Cardin regarding Ukraine crisis.

The draft resolution “condemns Russia’s occupational policy against Ukraine, demands the immediate liberation of Crimea and otherwise envisages the imposition of serious sanctions on Russia.

Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the OSCE PA Bahar Muradova opposed the resolution. Muradova noted that the adoption of such resolutions in the subject of conflicts is unjust: “If we adopt resolution about the conflict in the region, we have to consider all conflicts in the region. Why do you forget the Nagorno Karabakh conflict? The OSCE, including the U.S. has not come to a conclusion for 22 years. Now, you are passing over this and discussing unilateral issues.”

She repeatedly told Mr. Cardin that as a co-chairing country of the Minsk Group, the U.S. should take serious steps to fulfill its commitments to the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Azerbaijan has been looking forward to the “return” the territories for 22 years, and expects it from the U.S.

“While we have been waiting for the adoption of such a resolution for 22 years, you once again neglect this issue in our country, adopting a unilateral resolution for a new conflict. We think an opportunity has now come up for OSCE to take steps to prevent the existing conflicts in the region. Therefore, we propose and demand that either Mr. Cardin includes all the conflicts into this resolution, provisions to be presented therein meet the interests of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in a balanced manner or take this document back and work on it and submit it for discussion during the “Helsinki+40” event, for whose anniversary we are preparing for,” told Muradova.

According to the head of the Azerbaijani delegation this resolution has a limited subject at the moment, is unilateral and does not fully cover the conflicts in the region. Therefore, Azerbaijan is completely against the adoption of the document”.

Head of Armenian delegation to the OSCE PA Artashes Geghamyan urged Azerbaijan to negotiate with the authorities of Nagorno Karabakh. Armenian MP blamed Azerbaijan in relying on the US rather than other co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. He also spoke about peoples’ self-determination.