RUSSIA: PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIEV AND PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA SERZH SARGSYAN MET IN MOSCOW THROUGH THE MEDIATION OF DMITRY MEDVEDEV

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Nov 3
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The Russian, Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents signed a declaration
on resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict following their talks.

The declaration states that the parties will facilitate improvement of
the situation in the South Caucasus and work towards ensuring stability
and security in the region through political settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh crisis based on the principles of international law.

The parties agreed that a peace settlement must be accompanied by
legally binding guarantees covering every aspect and stage of the
settlement process.

The declaration states that Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia have
agreed to continue work on 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.

The OSCE Minsk Group on resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
represents 12 countries: Russia, the United States, France, Belarus,
Germany, Italy, Finland, Sweden, Turkey, and the OSCE `troika’ –
(currently Spain, Finland and Greece).

The Group has been co-chaired since 1997 by Russia, the USA and
France. The co-chairmen drafted proposals in November 2007 on basic
principles for settlement (the Madrid Document).