ARMENIA WELCOMES STATEMENT BY OSCE MG CO-CHAIR-COUNTRIES
ArmInfo
2009-07-13 13:45:00
Armenia welcomes the statement by OSCE MG co-chair- countries, Foreign
Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan said at July 11 joint press-
conference with Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg.
‘I welcome the attention paid by OSCE MG co-chair-countries to the
conflict settlement. Their contribution to the conflict resolution
and rapprochement of the parties’ positions is great’, the Armenian
FM emphasized.
To recall, the presidents of France, USA and Russia made a joint
statement on Nagorno Karabakh, where they instructed their mediators
to present to the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan an updated
version of the Madrid Document of November 2007, the Co- Chairs
last articulation of the Basic Principles, as well as urged 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. According to
E. Nalbandyan, the details of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement
include the provisions on which the Armenian party insisted. He
said some details of the recently published Madrid Principles are
already discussed by the parties, and some of them are still to
be discussed. ‘The important points, which Armenia has been long
claiming about, are as follows: future determination of the final
legal status of Nagorno Karabakh through a legally binding expression
of will; a corridor linking Armenia to Nagorno Karabakh; an interim
status for Nagorno Karabakh providing guarantees for security and
self-governance; and international security guarantees that would
include a peacekeeping operation.
"These are the elements Armenia has been multiply claiming about as
a basis for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement", E. Nalbandyan
emphasized and added that Armenia will keep on making efforts towards
peaceful settlement of the conflict based on the principles of the
peoples’ rights for self-determination, territorial integrity and non-
use of force.