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Bishkek Protocol
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<h2 id="background">Background</h2> <p>Bishkek was proposed by Kyrgyz representative Medetkhan Sheremkulov who was head of negotiating group, and offered to proceed discussions in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan after the first meeting between parliamentarians of Azerbaijan and Armenia on ceasing fire in Nagorno-Karabakh was held in <a href="/facts/Mariehamn/sxUT1Y9H">Mariehamn</a>. Talks between Azerbaijani and Armenian delegations continued for hours. A representative of Azerbaijan Afiyaddin Jalilov questioned the legitimacy of the participation of Armenians who lived in Karabakh, and required to include the name of <a href="/facts/Nizami_Bahmanov/mJVqqDnH">Nizami Bakhmanov</a>, a member of his delegation who was the mayor of <a href="/facts/Shusha/l73cUUwx">Shusha</a> in Nagorno-Karabakh in the protocol. The protocol and these points were a subject of discussions between President <a href="/facts/Heydar_Aliyev/hKDVWw07">Heydar Aliyev</a> and Kazimirov where it was agreed to include signature of Nizami Bakhmanov into the protocol. Vladimir Kazimirov stated the following in his memoirs: "Aliyev agreed. At the end of the page, two alterations were written in a legible handwriting in Russian. The name of N. Bakhmanov was written by hand but they could not find him in <a href="/facts/Baku/oUVVcRN1">Baku</a> for signature. On May 9, I took a copy of the text to Moscow with two alterations and the name of Bakhmanov but without his signature."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="signatories">Signatories</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Azerbaijan/Ho5joRTJ">Azerbaijan</a>: Afiyaddin Jalilov (First Deputy <a href="/facts/National_Assembly_(Azerbaijan)/4MPensGr">Parliament</a> Speaker)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Republic_of_Artsakh/3gTq2aY4">Republic of Artsakh</a>: Karen Baburyan [hy] (<a href="/facts/President_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Artsakh/93IxvIEV">President of the National Assembly</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Armenia/t3GQx9sU">Armenia</a>: <a href="/facts/Babken_Ararktsyan/2Tvho87Q">Babken Ararktsyan</a> (<a href="/facts/President_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Armenia/FDrWXdcR">Chairman of the Supreme Council</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>: V. Shumeyko (Chairman of the Council of Federation of Russia)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kyrgyzstan/MSNdCp8u">Kyrgyzstan</a>: M. Sherimkulov (<a href="/facts/List_of_chairmen_of_the_Supreme_Soviet_of_the_Kirghiz_Soviet_Socialist_Republic/zTxvWDTL">Chairman</a> of the <a href="/facts/Supreme_Soviet_of_the_Kirghiz_Soviet_Socialist_Republic/qWztkAJr">Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">OSCE Minsk Group</a>: Vladimir Kazimirov (Head of the Russian Mediation Mission)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States/DqccXsyS">CIS</a>: M. Krotov (<a href="/facts/CIS_Interparliamentary_Assembly/mmH3MyIU">Interparliamentary Assembly</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Madrid_Principles/qwoXFAbJ">Madrid Principles</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/OSCE_Minsk_Group/I7lAzSgs">OSCE Minsk Group</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Prague_Process_(Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_negotiations)/GFtfU6lB">Prague Process (Armenian–Azerbaijani negotiations)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tehran_Communiqu%C3%A9/lHCUQsMC">Tehran Communiqué</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Zheleznovodsk_Communiqu%C3%A9/mhryLwXt">Zheleznovodsk Communiqué</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://peacemaker.un.org/node/477">Full text of the Bishkek Protocol</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140814055406/http://www.nkr.am/en/document/43/">Official version in English</a></li> <li><a href="http://peacemaker.un.org/document-search?keys=&field_padate_value%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=&field_pacountry_tid=Armenia&field_paconflict_tid%5B%5D=2">Text of all peace accords between Armenia and Azerbaijan</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"www.vn.kazimirov.ru/x013.htm". www.vn.kazimirov.ru. Retrieved 2018-01-30. <a href="http://www.vn.kazimirov.ru/x013.htm" target="_blank">http://www.vn.kazimirov.ru/x013.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Waal, Thomas de (2013-07-08). Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War, 10th Year Anniversary Edition, Revised and Updated. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814760321. <a href="9780814760321" target="_blank">9780814760321</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Бишкешский протокол". vn.kazimirov.ru. Retrieved 2020-10-08. <a href="http://vn.kazimirov.ru/doc9.htm" target="_blank">http://vn.kazimirov.ru/doc9.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>