KARABAKH SETTLEMENT SHOULD HAVE LEGALLY BINDING INTERNATIONAL GUARANTEES AT ALL STAGES
Interfax News Agency
Russia & CIS General Newswire
November 2, 2008 Sunday 3:01 PM MSK
Russia
Russian, Armenian and Azeri presidents Dmitry Medvedev, Serzh Sargsyan
and Ilkham Aliyev, respectively, have signed a declaration on the
Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.
The parties "will contribute to improving the situation in the South
Caucasus and ensuring stability and security in the region through
the political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement on the
principles and norms of the international law," the document reads.
The presidents agreed that "the peaceful settlement should be
accompanied by legally binding international guarantees of all of
its aspects and stages."
According to the document, the Azeri and Armenian presidents agreed
to continue working on the political resolution of the conflict and
instructed the foreign ministers "to speed up further moves in the
negotiating process in interaction with the co-chairmen of the OSCE
Minsk Group." ar
Karabakh settlement should have legally binding intl guarantees at
all stages (Part 2)
MEIENDORF CASTLE, Moscow region Nov 2
Russian, Armenian and Azeri presidents Dmitry Medvedev, Serzh Sargsyan
and Ilkham Aliyev, respectively, have signed a declaration on the
Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.
The parties "will contribute to improving the situation in the South
Caucasus and ensuring stability and security in the region through
the political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement on the
principles and norms of the international law," the document reads.
The presidents agreed that "the peaceful settlement should be
accompanied by legally binding international guarantees of all of
its aspects and stages."
According to the document, the Azeri and Armenian presidents agreed
to continue working on the political resolution of the conflict and
instructed the foreign ministers "to speed up further moves in the
negotiating process in interaction with the co-chairmen of the OSCE
Minsk Group."
"Having discussed substantially, in detail in the spirit of
constructiveness the state of affairs and prospects for the Nagorno-
Karabakh settlement through direct dialog between Azerbaijan and
Armenia with the mediation of Russia, the United States and France,
as the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen," the parties confirmed "the
importance of continuing mediating effort by the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairmen given results of the Madrid meeting on November 29,
2007 and further discussions aimed at the further development of
basic principles of political settlement."
The presidents also think that it is necessary to encourage the
creation of conditions "for the implementation of measures to improve
confidence in the context of settlement effort."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress