RA MFA: MADRID PRINCIPLES AS BASIS FOR TALKS BEEN ADOPTED BY ARMENIA TWO YEARS AGO

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
29.03.2010 20:29 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On March 29 the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Edward Nalbandian met with the co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno
Karabakh conflict settlement Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fassier
(France) and Robert Bradtke (U.S.). The meeting was attended by a
Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej
Kasprzyk.

At the beginning of the meeting the Foreign Minister of Armenia
expressed condolences to the Russian mediator in connection with the
explosion in the Moscow metro.

During the meeting officials discussed recent developments in
the negotiations on Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement and the
possibility of rapprochement of the conflict parties on the basis of
Madrid Principles. Co-chairs briefed the Armenian Foreign Minister
with the outcomes of meetings in Nagorno-Karabakh.

With regard to increased recent speculation on the Madrid principles,
Edward Nalbandian said that the Madrid principles as a basis for
negotiations were adopted by Armenia 2 years ago and remain the same
as they were, press office of the MFA reported.