Today.Az, Azerbaijan
July 11 2009
Russian president satisfied with OSCE MG countries’ statement on
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
11 July 2009 [09:44] – Today.Az
Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev is satisfied with a joint statement
adopted by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries – Russia, the
United States and France during the G-8 Summit in the Italian L’Aquila
city, the Vesti TV channel reported.
"We have received the relevant statement and urge the sides to make
additional efforts to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Medvedev
said at a news conference after the summit.
The Russian president said he hopes to quickly meet with the
Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents and continue discussions of this
issue.
"We, the presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group, confirm our commitment to
the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents in the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict settlement and encourage them to resolve some remaining
differences and conclude a peaceful settlement," the statement said.
"We instruct our mediators to provide the Armenian and Azerbaijani
presidents with an updated version of the Madrid paper, dated Nov. 29,
2007, containing the co-chairs’ latest proposals on forming of the
basic principles," the joint statement by leaders of Russia, the
United States and France said.
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