ARMENIAN FM MEETS OSCE MG CO-CHAIRS

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March 29 2010
Armenia

RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian held a meeting with OSCE Minsk
Group Co-Chairs, Robert Anthony Bradtke (USA), Bernard Fassier (France)
and Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), as well as with Personal Representative
of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.

Minister Nalbandian expressed his condolences to the Russian Co-Chair
on the death of people as a result of today’s terrorist act in Moscow.

The sides discussed the recent developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh
peace process, as well as the possibilities of the conflicting parties’
reaching an understanding on the basis of the Madrid Principles. The
mediators informed Minister Nalbandian of the results of their meetings
with Nagorno-Karabakh representatives.

Speaking of the recent speculations about the Madrid Principles,
Minister Nalbandian stated: "It was two years ago that Armenia accepted
the Madrid Principles as a basis for negotiations, and they remain
as such."