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ASTRAKHAN DECLARATION IS A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS: PHILIP CROWLEY
Tert.am
29.10.10
The United States welcomes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's
brokerage of a meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents that
resulted in the signing of a declaration that will see an exchange
of prisoners of war and the return of bodies, US Assistant Secretary
Philip J. Crowley said at a daily briefing on Thursday.
"We welcome the October 27 joint statement, yesterday's statement by
Presidents Medvedev, [Serzh] Sargsyan and [Ilham] Aliyev in which
Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to the exchange of prisoners of war
and the return of bodies with the assistance of the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairs and the International Committee of the Red Cross," said he.
Further Mr Crowley said that he appreciates Medvedev's "personal
efforts" to reach that agreement aimed to building confidence between
the two former Soviet Union countries and strengthen the ceasefire.
"We appreciate President Medvedev's personal efforts to reach this
agreement, which aims to build confidence between the parties and
to strengthen the 1994 ceasefire. This joint statement represents
a positive development in the ongoing OSCE Minsk Group process to
reach a peaceful resolution to the conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh and
we look forward to seeing its implementation as soon as possible,"
said Philip Crowley.
The conflict between the two former Soviet countries over Nagorno
Karabakh started when Karabakhi Armenians voiced their intention
to live independently from Azerbaijan in the early 1990s. It was
followed by pogroms against Armenians in Sumgait, Baku and Nagorno
Karabakh that turned into a bloody war, leaving around 30,000 killed
and more than a million displaced.
In a next round of peace talks on October 27 held in the Russian
southern city of Astrakhan Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev reaffirmed
the provisions of the declaration adopted on November 2, 2008 in
Meiendorf, Russia, and they underscored that additional steps are
necessary to take to strengthen the ceasefire regime and mutual trust
in the military sphere to solve the conflict peacefully.
They also signed a declaration to exchange prisoners of war and return
the corpses of soldiers and civilians killed on the line of contact.
The peace talks over Nagorno Karabakh are spearheaded by the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chair states - US, Russia and France.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
29.10.10
The United States welcomes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's
brokerage of a meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents that
resulted in the signing of a declaration that will see an exchange
of prisoners of war and the return of bodies, US Assistant Secretary
Philip J. Crowley said at a daily briefing on Thursday.
"We welcome the October 27 joint statement, yesterday's statement by
Presidents Medvedev, [Serzh] Sargsyan and [Ilham] Aliyev in which
Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to the exchange of prisoners of war
and the return of bodies with the assistance of the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairs and the International Committee of the Red Cross," said he.
Further Mr Crowley said that he appreciates Medvedev's "personal
efforts" to reach that agreement aimed to building confidence between
the two former Soviet Union countries and strengthen the ceasefire.
"We appreciate President Medvedev's personal efforts to reach this
agreement, which aims to build confidence between the parties and
to strengthen the 1994 ceasefire. This joint statement represents
a positive development in the ongoing OSCE Minsk Group process to
reach a peaceful resolution to the conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh and
we look forward to seeing its implementation as soon as possible,"
said Philip Crowley.
The conflict between the two former Soviet countries over Nagorno
Karabakh started when Karabakhi Armenians voiced their intention
to live independently from Azerbaijan in the early 1990s. It was
followed by pogroms against Armenians in Sumgait, Baku and Nagorno
Karabakh that turned into a bloody war, leaving around 30,000 killed
and more than a million displaced.
In a next round of peace talks on October 27 held in the Russian
southern city of Astrakhan Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev reaffirmed
the provisions of the declaration adopted on November 2, 2008 in
Meiendorf, Russia, and they underscored that additional steps are
necessary to take to strengthen the ceasefire regime and mutual trust
in the military sphere to solve the conflict peacefully.
They also signed a declaration to exchange prisoners of war and return
the corpses of soldiers and civilians killed on the line of contact.
The peace talks over Nagorno Karabakh are spearheaded by the OSCE
Minsk Group co-chair states - US, Russia and France.
From: A. Papazian