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    MINSK GROUP JOINT STATEMENT ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT - TEXT

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Dec 6 2011

    Text of " Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the Minsk
    Group Co-Chair Countries and the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and
    Azerbaijan" on 6 December 2011

    On the occasion of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Vilnius,
    the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries
    (Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, Secretary
    of State of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Minister for
    European Affairs of France Jean Leonetti) and the Foreign Minister of
    Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward
    Nalbandian reaffirmed the importance of reaching a peaceful settlement
    of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    Recalling the November 2008 Moscow Declaration, as well as their
    countries' statements at the OSCE Ministerial Council meetings in
    Helsinki (2008) and Athens (2009) and at the OSCE Summit in Astana
    (2010), the five Heads of Delegation agreed on the need to continue
    the negotiating process in the format of the OSCE Minsk Group and to
    improve the climate for making progress towards a peaceful settlement.

    As one of the steps in this direction, they agreed that further
    efforts should be made to work on the details of the mechanism to
    investigate ceasefire violations, which resulted from the joint
    statement of Presidents Aliyev, Sargsian, and Medvedev at the March
    2011 Sochi summit.

    Noting the May 2011 statement of their Presidents at Deauville, which
    urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to finalize the Basic Principles for
    the Peaceful Settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, the Heads
    of Delegation of the Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries expressed regret
    that the parties have been unable to take this decisive step. The three
    Heads of Delegation reiterated that there can be no military solution
    to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and that the United Nations Charter,
    the Principles of the Helsinki Final Act, and the elements outlined in
    the joint statements of their Presidents at L'Aquila in July 2009 and
    Muskoka in June 2010 offer the way for all sides to move beyond the
    unacceptable status quo to reach a peaceful settlement. In light of
    the intensive negotiations conducted since the 2007 OSCE Ministerial
    Council in Madrid, including at the highest level, the three Heads
    of Delegation urged the parties to give further careful consideration
    to the proposals that the Co-Chair countries have provided to them.

    The Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia expressed their appreciation
    for the efforts of the Co-Chair countries, including the personal
    engagement of Presidents Medvedev, Obama, and Sarkozy, in assisting
    their countries to reach a framework for a comprehensive peace
    settlement. They informed the Heads of Delegation of the Co-Chair
    countries that their Presidents are ready to meet again jointly in
    the near future under the auspices of the Co-Chair countries to
    continue their direct dialogue, building upon recent experience,
    on how to bring peace, stability, and prosperity to their peoples.

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