START OF DIALOGUE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH IS A WINDOW OF HOPE

Baku, 4 November,(AzerTAj)President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Lluis Maria de Puig has welcomed recent Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks held in Moscow.

“I wish to congratulate Presidents Aliyev and Sarksyan, and President Medvedev, who
facilitated the meeting, on their commitment to finding a peaceful solution to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The start of this dialogue, which will be followed by
intensified diplomatic efforts and the promotion of a series of confidence-building
measures, is a window of hope for the entire region,” said the President.
Lluis Maria de Puig said “the Assembly has worked relentlessly over the past 15
years to bring about a political solution to the conflict in compliance with
international standards and principles and the commitments which the two states made
upon joining the Council of Europe.”
“Such a solution is now closer than ever,” he added.
According to him, “the Parliamentary Assembly stands ready to help the Parliaments
of Armenia and Azerbaijan in all their efforts so that the process just started
proves successful.”
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