THERE IS PROGRESS IN SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT: AZERBAIJANI FM

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July 20 2009
Azerbaijan

There is certain progress in solving Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at a news
conference in Baku on July 20.

"The co-chairmen will arrive in the region to prepare possible meeting
of presidents in Moscow in September. I think there is certain progress
in settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem. Some hopes appeared
after presidents met in Moscow," the minister said.

Mammadyarov said that several principles of the agreement were
disclosed and work over these principles continues. "Armenian troops
must leave occupied territories. Afterward, question on return of
refugees to their lands will be raised," the minister said.

Mammadyarov said big funds are required to restore land and
infrastructure. This issue is expected to be discussed with the EU,
he said.

"When I say intensifying process of settlement of the conflict, first,
I mean Russia’s intensification in this process," Mammadyarov said.