Azeri political initiatives in the UK

Today.Az, Azerbaijan
Feb 28 2009
Azerbaijani ambassador to Great Britain discusses bilateral relations
with members of House of Lords of the British parliament
28 February 2009 [11:07] - Today.Az

Azerbaijani ambassador to Great Britain Fahraddin Gurbanov held
meetings with members of the House of Lords of the British parliament
lord John Merewort and lord Laid, reports Day.Az with reference to the
press service for the Azerbaijani embassy to Great Britain.

The meeting participants discussed a wide specter of development and
opportunities for the further expansion of bilateral
Azerbaijani-British relations.

Gurbanov informed the participants about the processes ongoing in
Azerbaijan and projects implemented.

At the same time, the ambassador familiarized members of the House of
Lords with the history of appearance of the Armenian-Azerbaijani
conflict over Nagorno Karabakh which is a main obstacle for
restoration of peace and stability in the region and the situation
established today in the negotiation process on the peaceful
resolution of the problem with participation of the OSCE Minsk Group.

The sides highly evaluated the level of relations between Azerbaijan
and Great Britain in different spheres, stressing the need for the
further strengthening of the activity of the Azerbaijan-Britain
interparliamentary group and intensification of the interparliamentary
ties.

Gurbanov invited the members of the House of Lords of the British
parliament to join the aforementioned interparliamentary group.


Is your MP one of those who signed this Early Day Motion in the House of Commons?

Early Day Motion
EDM 893
ANNIVERSARY OF THE KHOJALY MASSACRE
25.02.2009

Hancock, Mike

That this House calls on the Government to recognise the 17th anniversary

of the Khojaly massacre and use it as an opportunity to launch a new international

peace effort to resolve the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict;

notes that the non-resolution of the conflict is a threat to the whole Caucasus

region, as well as to UK investment in Azerbaijan; believes that the failure in

reaching a peaceful resolution is largely due to the non-implementation by

Armenia of UN Security Council Resolutions 822, 853, 874 and 884 which

call for the withdrawal of Armenian troops from the occupied territories of

Azerbaijan and for the return of the one million Azerbaijani refugees back to

their homes; supports the resolution of the conflict while assuring the territorial

integrity of Azerbaijan, with high autonomy for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh;

and highlights the fact that the UK is the largest foreign investor in Azerbaijan, with

5,000 expatriates and a 20 per cent. share in Azerbaijani oil.

Signatures
Flynn, Paul
Taylor, Dari
Russell, Bob
Wareing, Robert N
Bottomley, Peter
Cryer, Ann
Drew, David
Hemming, John
MacNeil, Angus
McDonnell, John
Durkan, Mark

If your MP is on this list, then you must write to them mentioning this conflict started

with deadly pogroms in Sumgait and Baku forcing Armenians to flee Azerbaijan,

that the overwhelming majority of the people of Karabagh rejected remaining part of

Azerbaijan ,and the Karabaghis had then to resist the military aggression taken against

them by the Azeri armed forces. The number of refugees quoted includes the

Armenians displaced by Azeri actions. It would be good if the UK government

encouraged the Azeri authorities to spend some of the proceeds of UK investment

to support those of their citizens affected by this conflict in preference to purchasing

vast quantities of military equipment that only exacerbates tensions in the region.
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