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    ARMENIA WELCOMES STATEMENT BY OSCE MG CO-CHAIR-COUNTRIES

    ArmInfo
    2009-07-13 13:45:00

    Armenia welcomes the statement by OSCE MG co-chair- countries, Foreign
    Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan said at July 11 joint press-
    conference with Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg.

    'I welcome the attention paid by OSCE MG co-chair-countries to the
    conflict settlement. Their contribution to the conflict resolution
    and rapprochement of the parties' positions is great', the Armenian
    FM emphasized.

    To recall, the presidents of France, USA and Russia made a joint
    statement on Nagorno Karabakh, where they instructed their mediators
    to present to the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan an updated
    version of the Madrid Document of November 2007, the Co- Chairs
    last articulation of the Basic Principles, as well as urged the
    presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to resolve the few differences
    remaining between them and finalize their agreement on these Basic
    Principles, which will outline a comprehensive settlement. According to
    E. Nalbandyan, the details of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement
    include the provisions on which the Armenian party insisted. He
    said some details of the recently published Madrid Principles are
    already discussed by the parties, and some of them are still to
    be discussed. 'The important points, which Armenia has been long
    claiming about, are as follows: future determination of the final
    legal status of Nagorno Karabakh through a legally binding expression
    of will; a corridor linking Armenia to Nagorno Karabakh; an interim
    status for Nagorno Karabakh providing guarantees for security and
    self-governance; and international security guarantees that would
    include a peacekeeping operation.

    "These are the elements Armenia has been multiply claiming about as
    a basis for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement", E. Nalbandyan
    emphasized and added that Armenia will keep on making efforts towards
    peaceful settlement of the conflict based on the principles of the
    peoples' rights for self-determination, territorial integrity and non-
    use of force.
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