NATO Parliamentary Assembly to hold discussion over Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

The NATO Parliamentary Assembly will not abandon the discussions over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, despite calls by the Armenian parliament, the press office of the Assembly press office told Azerbaijani news agency Trend.

"[It is] very unlikely that the political leadership of the Assembly will refrain from the discussions simply because somebody don't like it. There has been a political commitment by the Assembly to go ahead in this issue."

NATO PA has discussed the possibility of introducing at its next meeting in Warsaw in November a resolution related to Nagorno-Karabakh.

Earlier Armenian press reported Chairman of Armenian parliament Hovik Abrahamyan appealed to the NATO PA head John Taner to refrain from discussions over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict "in connection with a possible report on the Karabakh problem."

NATO PA press office said there are no preparations to publish a report on Nagorno-Karabakh. However, there are plans to adopt a resolution at the next meeting in Warsaw. The resolution will be non-binding policy recommendations based on the deliberations of the members, the same source said.

"Resolution differs from a report that tries to investigate an issue and inform people about a particular situation, - NATO PA said. - It is just a statement about what a collective membership of the Assembly think should be done on a particular situation."