Anadolu Agency, Turkey
July 11 2009

Turkey Welcomes Statement On Upper Karabakh

ANKARA (A.A) – 11.07.2009 – Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday
welcomed the joint statement of presidents of the United States,
France and Russia as the co-Chairmen of OSCE Minsk Group on Upper
Karabakh issue.
Foreign Ministry said the joint statement referred to the "basic
principles for settlement of Upper Karabakh problem" submitted to
Armenia and Azerbaijan on November 2007 in Madrid, noting that "the
principles in question formed a whole reflecting the stances of both
parties."

"The parties should assume a constructive approach and consider the
importance given to the matter by the co-chairmen. Both Azerbaijan and
Armenia should achieve a final solution in this conflict which
continue to be a bleeding wound for the south Caucasus region."

Minsk Process and Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) aim to find a political solution to the
conflict over Upper-Karabakh region over which Armenia fought
Azerbaijan in a war in the 1990s. (AY)