G8 FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL FOR ACCORD ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
June 29, 2006 Thursday 03:12 PM EST
Foreign ministers of Group of Eight countries have called on Azerbaijan
and Armenia to reach an accord on Nagorno-Karabakh in 2006.
They said in a final statement of their meeting in Moscow that the
G8 supports the mediating efforts of the co-chairmen of the OSCE
Minsk Group.
The G8 foreign ministers stressed the need for agreeing as soon a
possible upon principles of a peaceful settlement of this conflict.
They called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to show political will and
reach agreement on this issue as early as in this year and prepare
their people for peace, and not for war.