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US, FRENCH, RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS ISSUE A STATEMENT ON NAGORNO KARABAKH
armradio.am
19.06.2012 12:32
Presidents of the OSCE Minks Group Co-Chair countries, Barack Obama
(US), Francois Hollande( France) and Vladimir Putin (Russia), issued
a joint statement Monday during the G-20 Summit currently under way in
the Mexican city. The three presidents urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to
fulfill their promise and work toward progress on the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict resolution process, Asbarez reports.
Below is the text of the statement:
"We, the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries -
France, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America -
are united in our resolute commitment to a peaceful settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The parties to the conflict should
not further delay making the important decisions necessary to reach
a lasting and peaceful settlement. We regret that the Presidents
of Azerbaijan and Armenia did not take the decisive steps that our
countries called for in the joint statement at Deauville on May 26,
2011. Nevertheless, the progress that has been achieved should provide
the momentum to complete work on the framework for a comprehensive
peace.
We call upon the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to fulfill the
commitment in their January 23, 2012 joint statement at Sochi to
"accelerate" reaching agreement on the Basic Principles for a
Settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict. As evidence of their
political will, they should refrain from maximalist positions in the
negotiations, respect the 1994 ceasefire agreement, and abstain from
hostile rhetoric that increases tension. We urge the leaders to be
guided by the principles of the Helsinki Final Act - particularly
those relating to the non-use of force or the threat of force,
territorial integrity, and equal rights and self-determination of
peoples - and the elements of a settlement outlined in our countries'
statements at L'Aquila in 2009 and Muskoka in 2010.
Military force will not resolve the conflict and would only prolong
the suffering and hardships endured by the peoples of the region
for too long. Only a peaceful, negotiated settlement can allow the
entire region to move beyond the status quo toward a secure and
prosperous future.
Our countries will continue to work closely with the sides, and
we call upon them to make full use of the assistance of the Minsk
Group Co-Chairs as mediators. However, peace will depend ultimately
upon the parties' willingness to seek an agreement based on mutual
understanding, rather than one-sided advantage, and a shared vision
of the benefits that peace will bring to all their peoples and to
future generations."
From: Baghdasarian
armradio.am
19.06.2012 12:32
Presidents of the OSCE Minks Group Co-Chair countries, Barack Obama
(US), Francois Hollande( France) and Vladimir Putin (Russia), issued
a joint statement Monday during the G-20 Summit currently under way in
the Mexican city. The three presidents urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to
fulfill their promise and work toward progress on the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict resolution process, Asbarez reports.
Below is the text of the statement:
"We, the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries -
France, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America -
are united in our resolute commitment to a peaceful settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The parties to the conflict should
not further delay making the important decisions necessary to reach
a lasting and peaceful settlement. We regret that the Presidents
of Azerbaijan and Armenia did not take the decisive steps that our
countries called for in the joint statement at Deauville on May 26,
2011. Nevertheless, the progress that has been achieved should provide
the momentum to complete work on the framework for a comprehensive
peace.
We call upon the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to fulfill the
commitment in their January 23, 2012 joint statement at Sochi to
"accelerate" reaching agreement on the Basic Principles for a
Settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict. As evidence of their
political will, they should refrain from maximalist positions in the
negotiations, respect the 1994 ceasefire agreement, and abstain from
hostile rhetoric that increases tension. We urge the leaders to be
guided by the principles of the Helsinki Final Act - particularly
those relating to the non-use of force or the threat of force,
territorial integrity, and equal rights and self-determination of
peoples - and the elements of a settlement outlined in our countries'
statements at L'Aquila in 2009 and Muskoka in 2010.
Military force will not resolve the conflict and would only prolong
the suffering and hardships endured by the peoples of the region
for too long. Only a peaceful, negotiated settlement can allow the
entire region to move beyond the status quo toward a secure and
prosperous future.
Our countries will continue to work closely with the sides, and
we call upon them to make full use of the assistance of the Minsk
Group Co-Chairs as mediators. However, peace will depend ultimately
upon the parties' willingness to seek an agreement based on mutual
understanding, rather than one-sided advantage, and a shared vision
of the benefits that peace will bring to all their peoples and to
future generations."
From: Baghdasarian