YEREVAN WELCOMES OUTCOMES OF KARABAKH MEETING IN MOSCOW

Interfax
Nov 5 2008
Russia

The Armenian Foreign Ministry welcomes the outcomes of a meeting
dealing with the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between
the presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia in Moscow on
November 2.

"We believe this meeting will significantly stimulate the
further negotiating process, because it was pointed out that the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict needs to be resolved in a political way
within the OSCE Minsk Group and on the basis of the Madrid proposals,"
spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan told
Armenian media on Tuesday.

"We welcome the Russian president’s initiative and consider it
important for opening a new phase in making the negotiations more
active," Balayan said.

The Armenian, Azeri, and Russian presidents had signed a declaration
on settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in Moscow on Sunday.

The document says that the parties "will work to improve the situation
in the South Caucasus and ensure stability and security in the region
through a political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict based
on principles and standards of international law," the document reads.

The presidents agreed that "a peaceful settlement should be
complemented by legally binding international guarantees of all of
its aspects and stages."