STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF GREEK OSCE PRESIDENCY REGARDING NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT

APA
Dec 2 2009
Azerbaijan

Athens. Victoria Dementyeva – APA. OSCE foreign ministers issued a
statement concerning the statement by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs
and Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers on December 1, APA
correspondent reports from Athens.

The statement welcomed positive dynamic in the negotiations on the
settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict and called on the sides to
prepare preliminary draft of peace agreement acceptable by all sides.

"We are welcoming the statement by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs –
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov and US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, as
well as by the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia and call
on both sides to develop positive dynamic of the negotiations. We are
also supporting their decision to finalize the work of determination
of the basic principles based on Madrid document, as well as the
decision for preparation of peace agreement satisfied all sides".

The OSCE foreign ministers expressed their willingness for intensive
activity to make the sides to agree on the principles described in
the Helsinki Final Act, non-use of force, territorial integrity of the
country, equal rights of the peoples, as well as self-determination.

"We believe that there are real opportunities in the region to lay
foundation of peace, stability and prosperity in future".