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PRESIDENTS OF AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA AND RUSSIA SIGN DECLARATION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Baku, 2 November,(AzerTAj)On November 2, following their trilateral meeting at the Russian leader`s Mayendorf residence in Moscow, Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia signed a joint Declaration on Nagorno-Karabakh.
President Dmitry Medvedev acquainted journalists with the text of the Declaration.
It says: “We have discussed - in an atmosphere of constructiveness - comprehensively
and in detail the state and prospects of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
through political means and through continuing a direct dialogue between Azerbaijan
and Armenia mediated by Russia, the USA and France in the capacity of the Co-Chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group.”
The Presidents “declare that they will contribute to improving the situation in the
South Caucasus and ensuring stability and security in the region through finding -
on the basis of the principles and norms of the international law as well as the
resolutions and documents adopted within this framework - a political solution to
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that will create favorable conditions for economic
development and overall cooperation in the region.”
Presidents Ilham Aliyev, Serzh Sargsyan and Dmitry Medvedev “reiterate the
importance of continuing the mediation efforts by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs,
taking into account their meeting with the sides in Madrid on November 29, 2007 and
the following talks, to further develop the basic principles of the political
settlement.”
The three leaders agreed that “a peaceful settlement must be accompanied by legally
binding international guarantees of all its aspects and stages.”
The Declaration points out that the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia “have
agreed to continue the work – including during their following high-level contacts –
on coordinating efforts towards political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, and have instructed their foreign ministers to intensify further steps in
the talks process in collaboration with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.
The last paragraph of the Declaration says that the Presidents “consider it
important to encourage creation of conditions for realizing measures to strengthen
confidence in the context of settlement efforts.”
The document was signed in the presence of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.
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President Dmitry Medvedev acquainted journalists with the text of the Declaration.
It says: “We have discussed - in an atmosphere of constructiveness - comprehensively
and in detail the state and prospects of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
through political means and through continuing a direct dialogue between Azerbaijan
and Armenia mediated by Russia, the USA and France in the capacity of the Co-Chairs
of the OSCE Minsk Group.”
The Presidents “declare that they will contribute to improving the situation in the
South Caucasus and ensuring stability and security in the region through finding -
on the basis of the principles and norms of the international law as well as the
resolutions and documents adopted within this framework - a political solution to
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that will create favorable conditions for economic
development and overall cooperation in the region.”
Presidents Ilham Aliyev, Serzh Sargsyan and Dmitry Medvedev “reiterate the
importance of continuing the mediation efforts by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs,
taking into account their meeting with the sides in Madrid on November 29, 2007 and
the following talks, to further develop the basic principles of the political
settlement.”
The three leaders agreed that “a peaceful settlement must be accompanied by legally
binding international guarantees of all its aspects and stages.”
The Declaration points out that the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia “have
agreed to continue the work – including during their following high-level contacts –
on coordinating efforts towards political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, and have instructed their foreign ministers to intensify further steps in
the talks process in collaboration with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.
The last paragraph of the Declaration says that the Presidents “consider it
important to encourage creation of conditions for realizing measures to strengthen
confidence in the context of settlement efforts.”
The document was signed in the presence of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.
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