Members of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly have discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Azerbaijani MP Faradzh Guliyev told Trend on Friday.
Azerbaijani officials told Sargsyan that they cannot visit graves of their compatriots on the occupied territories. They also noted the need to organize meetings of Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno-Karabakh.
President Serzh Sargsyan responded that Nagorno-Karabakh is not part of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani MPs reminded about 4 UN resolutions demanding withdrawal from the occupied territories.
Sargsyan rejected the initiative of EU assistance in resolving the conflict, expressing preference of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Guliyev said that Armenian border guards escorted them to an isolator at the airport in Yerevan.
Azerbaijani MPs Rovshan Rzayev, Faradzh Guliyev and Azay Guliyev visited Armenia to attend the social committee of the Euronest PA on February 21-23.
Euronest consists of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
