OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS MAKES JOINT STATEMENT

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Nov 23 2006

OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs made a joint statement on the results of
their last visit to the region, French Embassy told the APA.

The statement reads that Presidents accepted to meet in Minsk on
margins of the next CIS meeting.

" The Co-Chairs met with Presidents Robert Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev,
as well as with Foreign Ministers. As a result of these meetings, which
took place in an open minded and constructive spirit, both Presidents
accepted Co-Chairs’ proposal to meet in Minsk next week on the margins
of the CIS Heads of States Council meeting. The discussions in both
meetings confirmed that the consultations between the Foreign Ministers
which took place in Moscow, Paris and Brussels in October-November
were useful in moving of the negotiations forward. The Co-Chairs hope
that, the upcoming meetings with the Presidents end Foreign Ministers
in Minsk will allow taking a step toward an agreement on principles
for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as endorsed by
the G8 leaders in St. Petersburg in July".