KARABAKH ISSUE SURFACES AT G-8 SUMMIT: US, FRANCE AND RUSSIA CALL ON ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN TO RESOLVE THE REMAINING DIFFERENCES

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10.07.2009 16:09

The United States, France and Russia called mutually Friday for the
leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to settle a long-running dispute
over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

In a statement released from Group of Eight summit in Italy, the
three countries that co-chair a committee of the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe said they "affirm our commitment"
to efforts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to finalize "the basic principles
for settlement" of the conflict, the Associated Press reported.

The statement the Minsk Group put out Friday from the G-8 summit said,
"We are instructing our mediators to present to the presidents of
Armenia and Azerbaijan an updated version" of a proposed peace outline
brought forward in the Madrid Document of November 2007.

"We urge the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to resolve the few
differences remaining between them and finalize their agreement on
these Basic Principles, which will outline a comprehensive settlement,"
the statement said.