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    DeFacto Agency, Armenia
    May 26 2006

    A JOINT STATEMENT OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF CO-CHAIRS OF THE OSCE
    MINSK GROUP


    Having visited Armenia, representatives of co-chair countries of the
    OSCE Minsk Group for settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    issued a joint statement for the press, which specifically says, «We,
    the representatives at the Deputy Minister level of the Russian
    Federation, the United States and France, together with the Co-Chairs
    of the OSCE Minsk Group and the Personal Representative of the OSCE
    Chairman in Office, have come together in this joint diplomatic
    mission because of the need to promote a peaceful settlement of the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and because now is the time for the sides
    to reach agreement on the basic principles of the settlement.
    We were received by President Kocharian and met earlier with Foreign
    Minister Oskanian. As we did yesterday in Baku, we have discussed
    important aspects of a future settlement. We have worked to create
    the conditions for a meeting of the two presidents in the near
    future. We have stressed the belief of our nations and, more widely,
    of the international community that the conflict can be resolved in
    no other way than a peaceful one. Both countries should, moreover,
    prepare their publics for peace and not war. Our discussions, both
    today in Yerevan and yesterday in Baku, were constructive. We met
    yesterday with President Aliyev and Foreign Minister Mammadyarov.
    Tomorrow we will return to our capitals to brief our leaders. The
    Co-Chairs will, as well, brief the OSCE and the international
    community.
    A joint mission such as this one is a special event. It must be taken
    as a sign of the seriousness with which we approach the issue and in
    particular, a belief that we are at the point where a mutually
    beneficial agreement is achievable. What happens now will be up to
    Armenia and Azerbaijan. We leave with hopes and expectations of
    progress. We are pleased to be in Yerevan and wish to express our
    gratitude to President Kocharyan and the people of Armenia for
    receiving us', says the Joins Statement of the OSCE MG co-chair countries.
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