MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS MAKE JOINT DECLARATION FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH

Baku, 05 December,(AzerTAj)Russia, the United States and France called in Helsinki on Thursday for peaceful solution on Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The three countries, or the OSCE Minsk Group's Co-Chair countries in the jargon of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), made the call on the sideline of the OSCE ministerial meeting in Helsinki.

In a joint Declaration, the three countries urged the parities to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to "build on the positive momentum" established in the
Moscow Declaration on Nov. 2 this year.
"We called on the parties to work with the co-chairs to finalize the basic
principles in coming months, and then begin drafting a comprehensive peace
settlement," the Joint Declaration said.
"We reiterate our firm view that there is no military solution to the conflict and
call on the parties to recommit to a peaceful resolution," the joint declaration
added.
On the same day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also stressed the necessity
to coordinate basic principles on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
"We call on the sides jointly with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs to arrive at an
agreement on the basic principles and then start preparations for a comprehensive
peace deal," he said.
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