Yerevan. (Interfax) – A group of Armenian parliament members intends to participate in a seminar to be held by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Baku in late November, a source in the Armenian parliament told Interfax.
“A preliminary agreement about our participation in the seminar has already been reached and, in all likelihood, will remain in force,” the source said.
At the same time, Mger Shakhgeldian, head of the parliamentary commission for defense, law enforcement and national security, told Interfax: “It’s too early to speak about an ultimate decision concerning our participation in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Baku session.”
“There is, of course, the problem of ensuring the Armenian deputies’ safety in Baku, but we have reasons to hope for an adequate solution in line with Armenia’s foreign policy,” he said, adding that the seminar’s agenda needed to be finalized.
Armenia’s foreign policy stipulates that Armenian representatives participate in all NATO events conducted in the South Caucasus.
The possible arrival of Armenian parliament members in Baku to attend the session has triggered protests among Azerbaijani public organizations. Earlier similar public protests led to the cancellation of NATO military exercises in Baku, in which Armenian servicemen were initially due to take part.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are in a state of conflict over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan lost control over the enclave after a bloody war with Armenia in the 1990s.
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