OSCE MG deliver the updated version of the Madrid principles to the
presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan

2010-01-22 12:57:00

Arminfo. The OSCE MG have delivered the updated version of the Madrid
principles to the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, the OSCE MG
co-chairs made such a statement in Astana.

"On January 20, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Ambassador Yuri
Merzlyakov, the Russian Federation; Ambassador Bernard Fassier,
France; Ambassador Robert Bradtke, United States) met with Armenian
President Serzh Sargsian in Yerevan, Armenia. As instructed by their
presidents in L’Aquila in July 2009, the Co-Chairs delivered to
President Sargsian, just as they had to President Ilham Aliyev during
their visit to Baku in December 2009, an updated version of the Madrid
Document of November 2007, containing the Co-Chairs’ latest
articulation of the Basic Principles. On January 21, the Co-Chairs
met President Aliyev in Baku, Azerbaijan. In their discussions with
the Co-Chairs, each president expressed their commitment to continue
to pursue a peaceful settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and
reaffirmed the seriousness of their side in the negotiations", – the
statement says.

To recall, the tip level trilateral meeting is scheduled on 25 January 2010.