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The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict greatly hampers the development of not only Azerbaijan, but the entire region, the chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament Oktay Asadov said during a meeting with the chairman of the National Assembly of Korea Park Hee-tae on Friday.

Asadov said that Armenia has not fulfilled the UN Security Council resolutions on the liberation of the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas.

Park Hee-tae stressed the changes, economic development, as well as high standard of living in Azerbaijan. He stressed that his country's relations with Azerbaijan are developing. He recalled that Korea opened its embassy only in Azerbaijan among the South Caucasus countries.

"Today, Korean companies are successfully operating in Azerbaijan," Park Hee-tae said. This shows our attitude to your country."

Asadov stressed the development of relations between Azerbaijan and Korea. He expressed his confidence that this meeting will give impetus to the expansion of inter-parliamentary relations.

Asadov said that the two countries signed more than 40 documents and conducted three business forums. The trade turnover between the two countries in 2011 increased by 74 percent compared to the previous years.

This story is published by AzerNEWS Weekly under a project funded by the Foundation for State Assistance to the Development of the Media under the President of the Azerbaijan Republic.