The representatives of some 31 political parties will participate in the parliamentary election to be held in Turkey on June 7, 2015.
Turkey stands for the settlement of the conflicts in the South Caucasus, including the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as part of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
The diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey were broken in 1993. Yerevan’s claims for recognizing the so-called Armenian genocide in the world and its occupation of Azerbaijani lands caused the break in relations and closing of the Turkish-Armenian border in 1993.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
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