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Congress of Nagorno Karabakhâ€™s Azerbaijani Community takes place in Baku

05 June 2009 12:48 (UTC +04:00)

344 out of 350 representatives are attending the congress. Half of the representatives are the participants of Karabakh war. Representatives of diplomatic corps, heads of parties, parliamentarians and intellectuals are attending the event. The congress began with the demonstration of the documentary film about the history of Karabakh.

Following this, head of Shusha region executive power Bayram Safarov made a speech. Speaking about the history of Karabakh Safarov gave detailed information about settlement of Armenians in the region, deportation against Azerbaijan ethnic cleansing policy in the region. Safarov said Azerbaijan is interested in the peaceful settlement of the problem within the framework of the territorial integrity and underlined that the positions of the community and state leadership coincided on the issue.
Bayram Safarov also addressed the ambassadors attending the congress.
â€œSometimes companies of foreign countries operate in Nagorno Karabakh. Sema company of the US prepares general plan of Shusha. We call on foreign countries to refrain from cooperating with these separatists,â€ he said.
He said he is not satisfied with the work of OSCE Minsk Group and added that the co-chairs expressed non-serious opinion.

Safarov said the communityâ€™s activity will strengthen after the congress, international events will be held, relations will be established with Azerbaijani Diaspora and joint steps taken together with the state.

Rector of Slavic University Kamal Abdullah said Azerbaijani and Armenian people were fated to live together.
â€œThe nations who had the most terrible wars are reconciling now,â€ he said.

MP Havva Mammadova the IDPs have weak relations and noted that the community will try to strengthen these relations after the congress.
Romanian ambassador to Azerbaijan Nikolae Ureku said Romania supported the negotiations within the OSCE Minsk Group and peaceful settlement of the conflict on the basis of international law.

Rector of the Baku Academy of Music Farhad Badalbeyli said terrible events took place and Armenians massacred the Azerbaijanis during Karabakh war. â€œKarabakh is dear place for us. We canâ€™t live without Karabakhâ€.

Co-founder of the community, MP Elman Mammadov expressed dissatisfaction with the organizationâ€™s activity. â€œIndeed there were no normal conditions for the activity. The community has no office and structures. We will work further to involve intellectuals in the communityâ€™s activity and to provide them with modern technologiesâ€. Mammadov criticized some international organizations as well. â€œIf the mini-state like Armenia refused to fulfill UN resolutions, it means that UN doesnâ€™t respect itself. Indeed, if UN wants it can force Armenia to fulfill its resolutions immediately. The OSCE Minsk Group is not participating in this process like mediator. The forcesâ€™ comparison in the negotiation process is Â¼. Armenia+three co-chairs on one side and Azerbaijan on other. The co-chairs are sometimes behaving like comediansâ€.

There was coffee break in the congress after the Mammadovâ€™s speech. The congress participants will discuss the organizing issues and will elect the community leader after the break.