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France, Russia, U.S. issue annual NK statement
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2012-06-23-france-russia-u-s--issue-annual-nk-statement
Published: Saturday June 23, 2012
Presidents Obama, Putin and Hollande. Via Photolure
Meeting in Mexico at the summit of the world's twenty largest
economies presidents of France, Russia and the United States issued
yet another Joint Statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict made
available by the White House on June 18:
"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
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2012-06-23-france-russia-u-s--issue-annual-nk-statement
Published: Saturday June 23, 2012
Presidents Obama, Putin and Hollande. Via Photolure
Meeting in Mexico at the summit of the world's twenty largest
economies presidents of France, Russia and the United States issued
yet another Joint Statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict made
available by the White House on June 18:
"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