AZERBAIJANI FM: UPDATED MADRID PRINCIPLES – SUITABLE BASIS FOR SETTLING NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT

Trend
April 29 2010
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan has adopted the updated Madrid principles and considers them
a suitable basis for settling the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at the
meeting with his Italian Counterpart Franco Frattini in Rome.

Mammadyarov brought to the attention of Frattini that peace and
stability in the region is impossible without settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported.

Solution to the conflict will create conditions for mutual cooperation
and understanding in the region and, in general, prosperity of the
region, Mammadyarov said.

Agreeing with Mammadyarov, Frattini said that Italy supports the
current negotiation process.

The sides also discussed energy cooperation between the two countries.

Frattini stressed Azerbaijan’s role in the energy security of Europe.