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OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS CALL ON YEREVAN AND BAKU FOR POLITICAL COMPROMISE
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.04.2008 17:57 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On 3 April 2008, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group released the following statement:
"On the margins of the NATO summit in Bucharest on April 2-4, 2008,
the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov
(Russian Federation), Ambassador Bernard Fassier (France), and
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza (United States),
and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman in Office,
Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, met with Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister and President-elect Serzh Sargsyan,
together with their Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Elmar Mammadyarov
and Vartan Oskanian.
"The two leaders and the Co-Chairs exchanged views on ways to
reduce differences between the sides and forge consensus on the
Basic Principles for the Peaceful Settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
Conflict.
"The Co-Chairs reiterated their support for the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan and reaffirmed their longstanding view that a peaceful
resolution of the conflict will require a negotiated political
compromise on the final status of NK, pending the future approval of
its population.
"The two leaders and the Co-Chairs agreed to continue the negotiations
on the existing basis, further clarify the current proposal on the
table, and pursue additional steps to advance the peace process. For
that purpose, the mediators underscored the utility of meetings at
the highest level between the sides as soon as possible."
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.04.2008 17:57 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On 3 April 2008, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group released the following statement:
"On the margins of the NATO summit in Bucharest on April 2-4, 2008,
the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov
(Russian Federation), Ambassador Bernard Fassier (France), and
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza (United States),
and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman in Office,
Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, met with Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister and President-elect Serzh Sargsyan,
together with their Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Elmar Mammadyarov
and Vartan Oskanian.
"The two leaders and the Co-Chairs exchanged views on ways to
reduce differences between the sides and forge consensus on the
Basic Principles for the Peaceful Settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
Conflict.
"The Co-Chairs reiterated their support for the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan and reaffirmed their longstanding view that a peaceful
resolution of the conflict will require a negotiated political
compromise on the final status of NK, pending the future approval of
its population.
"The two leaders and the Co-Chairs agreed to continue the negotiations
on the existing basis, further clarify the current proposal on the
table, and pursue additional steps to advance the peace process. For
that purpose, the mediators underscored the utility of meetings at
the highest level between the sides as soon as possible."