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RUSSIA CALLS NAGORNO-KARABAKH PEACE PROCES 'INTENSIVE'
Vestnik Kavkaza
March 20 2012
Russia
Russian Ambassador at Large I.V. Popov said that discussions of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement are intensive. The sides are
negotiating principles to form a peace treaty, RIA Novosti reports.
Three meetings have been held between Azerbaijan and Armenia this
year to clarify positions on controversial issues. Presidents Ilham
Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan met in Sochi in January and announced plans
to reach an agreement on the basic principles of settling the conflict.
The statement proves devotion to the peaceful process, the ambassador
says.
Russia, USA and France are co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. They see
no other way to settle the conflict than via diplomacy. Leaders of
the three states said at the G8 summit in Deauville last year that
use of force could escalate confrontation and cause instability,
Popov reminds.
The official said that the role of Russia is to use its ties with Baku
and Yerevan to find a solution, for example, by holding trilateral
meetings of Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents. The Moscow
Declaration of 2008 was an essential step in the process, because it
was the first document signed by both the Azerbaijani and Armenian
presidents. It states that both sides will enforce stability and
security by resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict according to
political means and the international law.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held over 10 meetings with his
counterparts in 2008-2012. They also discussed reduction of tensions.
They agreed to exchange prisoners and bodies of dead servicemen in
the last 1.5 years, investigate incidents in the area and organize
humanitarian contacts.
Renewal of dialogue between scientists and publicity of the two
states is to help build links between the two neighbor states. Russian
Special Presidential Envoy M.Y. Shvydkoy has recently organized such
meetings in Moscow, opened the Musical Theater, held a round-table
conference on cooperation in settling conflicts at the Public Chamber,
the ambassador notes.
Vestnik Kavkaza
March 20 2012
Russia
Russian Ambassador at Large I.V. Popov said that discussions of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement are intensive. The sides are
negotiating principles to form a peace treaty, RIA Novosti reports.
Three meetings have been held between Azerbaijan and Armenia this
year to clarify positions on controversial issues. Presidents Ilham
Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan met in Sochi in January and announced plans
to reach an agreement on the basic principles of settling the conflict.
The statement proves devotion to the peaceful process, the ambassador
says.
Russia, USA and France are co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. They see
no other way to settle the conflict than via diplomacy. Leaders of
the three states said at the G8 summit in Deauville last year that
use of force could escalate confrontation and cause instability,
Popov reminds.
The official said that the role of Russia is to use its ties with Baku
and Yerevan to find a solution, for example, by holding trilateral
meetings of Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents. The Moscow
Declaration of 2008 was an essential step in the process, because it
was the first document signed by both the Azerbaijani and Armenian
presidents. It states that both sides will enforce stability and
security by resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict according to
political means and the international law.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held over 10 meetings with his
counterparts in 2008-2012. They also discussed reduction of tensions.
They agreed to exchange prisoners and bodies of dead servicemen in
the last 1.5 years, investigate incidents in the area and organize
humanitarian contacts.
Renewal of dialogue between scientists and publicity of the two
states is to help build links between the two neighbor states. Russian
Special Presidential Envoy M.Y. Shvydkoy has recently organized such
meetings in Moscow, opened the Musical Theater, held a round-table
conference on cooperation in settling conflicts at the Public Chamber,
the ambassador notes.