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By Rashid Shirinov

Summit of the Non-Alignment Movement will support the solution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

The corresponding paragraph on support is included in the draft outcome document of the summit, which takes place in Venezuela, Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan told Trend on September 16.

The heads of states and governments of member countries of the Non-Alignment Movement have set to work on the 17th regular summit on Margarita island in Venezuela.

Agenda of the summit includes a number of issues that have a direct significance for Azerbaijan.

Decision on the transfer of 2019-2022 presidency at the Non-Alignment Movement to Azerbaijan is expected to be taken at the summit.

It is also planned that the next summit will be held in Azerbaijan in 2019.

Azerbaijani delegation at the summit is led by Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov.

Armenia broke out a lengthy war against Azerbaijan laying territorial claims on its South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities.

Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts.

Non-Alignment Movement is an international organization uniting 120 countries on the principles of non-participation in military blocs. The movement was formally established by 25 states at the Belgrade Conference in September 1961.

Azerbaijan became a full member of the movement in 2011.

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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

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