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Obama, Medvedev, Sarkozy want Karabakh Basic Principles
by Emil Sanamyan
http://www.reporter.am/index.cfm?objectidç39E242-8163-11DF-BCEC0003FF3452C2
Published: Saturday June 26, 2010
Obama and Medvedev had burgers in Arlington, VA on June 24. Pete Souza
/ White House Photo
Washington - Leaders of France, Russia and the United States - the
three countries that have led the Karabakh mediation efforts since
1997 - renewed their commitment to finding a peaceful solution to the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
The June 26 statement, coming during the ongoing G8 meeting in Canada,
comes about a year after Nicolas Sarkozy, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack
Obama issued a similar statement at last year's G8 summit then held in
Italy.
The three presidents made no reference to a recently deadly raid by
Azerbaijani forces on a forward Armenian position that left four
Armenian soldiers dead and another four wounded.
At the same time it "welcomed the recognition by both sides that a
lasting settlement must be based upon the Helsinki Principles" which
include both commitments to territorial integrity and
self-determination.
The statement also noted that the parties' "recognition" that the
settlement would be based on "elements" of the basic principles listed
by the three presidents last year, indicating that the parties had
agreed to some but not all of these parties.
The statement as issued by the White House Office of the Press
Secretary follows:
G8 Summit: Joint Statement On The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict by Dmitry
Medvedev, President Of The Russian Federation, Barack Obama, President
Of The United States Of America, and Nicolas Sarkozy, President Of The
French Republic
Muskoka, 26 June 2010
We, the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group's Co-Chair countries,
France, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America,
reaffirm our commitment to support the leaders of Armenia and
Azerbaijan as they finalize the Basic Principles for the peaceful
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
We welcome as a significant step the recognition by both sides that a
lasting settlement must be based upon the Helsinki Principles and the
elements that we proposed in connection with our statement at the
L'Aquila Summit of the Eight on July 10, 2009, relating to:
the return of the occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh,
interim status for Nagorno-Karabakh guaranteeing security and self-governance,
a corridor linking Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh;
final status of Nagorno-Karabakh to be determined in the future by a
legally-binding expression of will,
the right of all internally-displaced persons and refugees to return, and
international security guarantees, including a peacekeeping operation.
Now the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan need to take the next
step and complete the work on the Basic Principles to enable the
drafting of a peace agreement to begin. We instruct our Ministers and
Co-Chairs to work intensively to assist the two sides to overcome
their differences in preparation for a joint meeting in Almaty on the
margins of OSCE Informal Ministerial.
From: A. Papazian
by Emil Sanamyan
http://www.reporter.am/index.cfm?objectidç39E242-8163-11DF-BCEC0003FF3452C2
Published: Saturday June 26, 2010
Obama and Medvedev had burgers in Arlington, VA on June 24. Pete Souza
/ White House Photo
Washington - Leaders of France, Russia and the United States - the
three countries that have led the Karabakh mediation efforts since
1997 - renewed their commitment to finding a peaceful solution to the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
The June 26 statement, coming during the ongoing G8 meeting in Canada,
comes about a year after Nicolas Sarkozy, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack
Obama issued a similar statement at last year's G8 summit then held in
Italy.
The three presidents made no reference to a recently deadly raid by
Azerbaijani forces on a forward Armenian position that left four
Armenian soldiers dead and another four wounded.
At the same time it "welcomed the recognition by both sides that a
lasting settlement must be based upon the Helsinki Principles" which
include both commitments to territorial integrity and
self-determination.
The statement also noted that the parties' "recognition" that the
settlement would be based on "elements" of the basic principles listed
by the three presidents last year, indicating that the parties had
agreed to some but not all of these parties.
The statement as issued by the White House Office of the Press
Secretary follows:
G8 Summit: Joint Statement On The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict by Dmitry
Medvedev, President Of The Russian Federation, Barack Obama, President
Of The United States Of America, and Nicolas Sarkozy, President Of The
French Republic
Muskoka, 26 June 2010
We, the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group's Co-Chair countries,
France, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America,
reaffirm our commitment to support the leaders of Armenia and
Azerbaijan as they finalize the Basic Principles for the peaceful
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
We welcome as a significant step the recognition by both sides that a
lasting settlement must be based upon the Helsinki Principles and the
elements that we proposed in connection with our statement at the
L'Aquila Summit of the Eight on July 10, 2009, relating to:
the return of the occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh,
interim status for Nagorno-Karabakh guaranteeing security and self-governance,
a corridor linking Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh;
final status of Nagorno-Karabakh to be determined in the future by a
legally-binding expression of will,
the right of all internally-displaced persons and refugees to return, and
international security guarantees, including a peacekeeping operation.
Now the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan need to take the next
step and complete the work on the Basic Principles to enable the
drafting of a peace agreement to begin. We instruct our Ministers and
Co-Chairs to work intensively to assist the two sides to overcome
their differences in preparation for a joint meeting in Almaty on the
margins of OSCE Informal Ministerial.
From: A. Papazian