Antalya, Türkiye, April 11. The Minsk Group
should dissolve itself, said Şamil Ayrım, a member of the Turkish
Grand National Assembly (TBMM) and head of the Türkiye-Azerbaijan
Parliamentary Friendship Group, told reporters, Trend reports.
Speaking on the sidelines of the 4th Antalya Diplomacy Forum,
Ayrım pointed out that the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict is on the
home stretch, with a peace agreement already in the works.
“In Armenia’s Constitution, a sentence asserts that Azerbaijan’s
Karabakh region and parts of eastern Turkey belong to Armenia,
invoking the ‘Greater Armenia’ ideology. This clause should be
removed, as peace is impossible with a country whose constitution
lays claim to the territory of another nation. For 30 years, the
OSCE Minsk Group has ignored a series of massacres by Armenia. It
is time for the Minsk Group to dissolve itself, as these two issues
are critical.
Azerbaijan, a staunch advocate for peace and multiculturalism in
the Caucasus, recently hosted an important international conference
at ADA University. Azerbaijan today is far different from the
country it was 30 years ago: it boasts a strong military, the
ability to maintain its independence, and is led by one of the
world’s most influential figures,” Ayrim said.
The official further emphasized that Turkish-Azerbaijani
relations are progressing with genuine sincerity.
To note, the OSCE Minsk Group was established in 1992 during the
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), which has
since evolved into the Organization for Security and Co-operation
in Europe (OSCE). Its primary objective was to facilitate a
diplomatic and negotiated settlement to the ongoing hostilities
between Azerbaijan and Armenia regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh
region. However, rather than facilitating a resolution to the
conflict, this group failed to contribute any constructive outcomes
towards the resolution process.
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