BAKU, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - Azerbaijani and Armenian parliamentarians are set to discuss the Nagorny Karabakh conflict settlement in the lower house of Russia's parliament on Thursday, Azerbaijan's parliament said.
Five MPs from each side, as well as Azerbaijani and Armenian ambassadors to Russia and Russian presidential representative on international cultural cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoi, will take part in the meeting in the State Duma.
Nagorny Karabakh, a region in Azerbaijan with a largely Armenian population, has been a source of conflict between the former Soviet republics since the late 1980s. The mountainous province has its own government and is de facto independent.
Turkey and Armenia signed on October 10 historic accords restoring diplomatic relations and opening borders between the two countries. Turkey closed its border with Armenia in 1993 in a show of support for Muslim ally Azerbaijan, following the conflict over Nagorny Karabakh between the two ex-Soviet republics.
