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Parliamentarians offer to have discussions on Nagorno Karabakh in parliament

02 December 2008 13:08 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elbrus Seyfullayev â€“ APA. Todayâ€™s sitting of the parliament began with the discussion of current issues, APA reports. MP Sabir Rustamkhanli said monument should have been erected to great Azerbaijani poet Mahammadhuseyn Shahriyar instead of the fountain in front of Cultural Palace named after Shahriyar in Baku.
â€œFountain was also built in the place where monument should have been erected to Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh. How long will it last?â€ he said.

MP Igbal Agazadeh supported Sabir Rustamkhanliâ€™s position. Ziyafat Asgarov said the issue would be investigated.

Igbal Agazadeh also offered to have discussions on the negotiations on Karabakh problem in the parliament. He noted that such discussions were last held 8 years before and mentioned that the issue was being discussed in Armenia. The parliamentarian also offered to release the imprisoned journalists on the occasion of Gurban holiday.

Siyavush Novruzov said there was a need to improve municipal legislation in Azerbaijan. Taking a stance on Igbal Agazadehâ€™s proposals MP from YAP said Ilham Aliyev had expressed strict position concerning Karabakh problem and there was no need to publicize the details of the negotiations on Karabakh in the parliament. As regards the release of the imprisoned journalists Novruzov said everybody was punished for his crime, not because of his profession.

MP Ali Ahmadov spoke about the Azerbaijanis deported from Armenia. He said 20 years had passed since the last deportation and underlined that the policy had not been assessed on the international level.

MP Gudrat Hasanguliyev also offered to hold discussions on the negotiations on Nagorno Karabakh in the parliament.