ACTIVATION OF NEGOTIATIONS AFTER MOSCOW MEETING OF THREE PRESIDENTS WILL OPEN DOORS TO SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT: ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

TREND News Agency
Nov 4 2008
Azerbaijan

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian told media in Paris
Monday he hopes the activation of negotiations after Moscow meeting of
the presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia will open doors to
settlement of the Karabakh conflict. The minister called the given
initiative quite important for starting a new stage of activation
of negotiations. The presidents instructed the foreign ministers
of Armenia and Azerbaijan to activate the negotiations, Nalbandian
said. After the negotiations and signing of a declaration, an enlarged
meeting with OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs took place, which was rather
rich in content and constructive. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan
who is currently on a visit to France will meet his French counterpart
Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss the trilateral meeting at Maindorf Castle
in Moscow, reported Arminfo.

The co-chairs intend to visit Armenia, Karabakh and Azerbaijan to
continue negotiations and boost the process, Nalbandian said.

Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed a Declaration on
Nagorny Karabakh conflict settlement in Moscow. The Declaration says
that the presidents will contribute to rehabilitating the situation in
the South Caucasus and ensuring stability and security in the region
through political settlement of Nagorny Karabakh conflict on the
basis of the principles and norms of the International Law and the
decisions and documents adopted within their framework, which will
create favorable conditions for economic development and versatile
cooperation in the region.