TRIPLE DECLARATION

Panorama.am
16:13 03/11/2008

The Presidents of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan
and the Russian Federation, meeting on November 2, 2008, in Moscow,
at the invitation of the President of the Russian Federation,

Having held substantive discussions in a constructive spirit on the
state and prospects for political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict through a continuation of direct dialogue between Armenia
and Azerbaijan through the mediation of Russia, the USA and France
as co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group,

1. Declare that they will facilitate improvement of the situation
in the South Caucasus and establish stability and security in the
region through political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
based on the principles of international law and the decisions and
documents approved within this framework, thus creating favourable
conditions for economic growth and all-round cooperation in the region.

2. Affirm the importance of having the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group continue their mediation efforts, including based on the outcome
of the meeting between the parties in Madrid on November 29, 2007,
and subsequent discussions on further steps to agree on the basic
principles for political settlement.

3. Agree that peace settlement should be accompanied by legally binding
guarantees for every aspect and stage of the settlement process.

4. Note that the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed
to continue work, including through further contacts at the highest
level, on reaching a political settlement to the conflict and have
instructed the heads of their respective foreign ministries to work
together with the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group to activate
the negotiation process.

5. Consider it important to encourage the establishment of conditions
for carrying out confidence-building measures in the context of work
on a peace settlement.