Greek OSCE Presidency adopts statement urging Azerbaijan and Armenia to sustain positive dynamic of negotiations

At a Ministerial Council in Athens,, foreign ministers from the 56 OSCE participating States adopted a statement urging the Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries to sustain the positive dynamic of negotiations of the negotiations and aiming to finalize the Basic Principles on the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The statement welcomed positive dynamic in the negotiations on the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict and called on the sides to prepare preliminary draft of peace agreement acceptable by all sides. “We are welcoming the statement by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs – French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, as well as by the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia and call on both sides to develop positive dynamic of the negotiations."

"We are also supporting their decision to finalize the work of determination of the basic principles based on Madrid document, as well as the decision for preparation of peace agreement satisfied all sides."

The OSCE foreign ministers expressed their willingness for intensive activity to make the sides to agree on the principles described in the Helsinki Final Act, non-use of force, territorial integrity of the country, equal rights of the peoples, as well as self-determination.

“We believe that there are real opportunities in the region to lay foundation of peace, stability and prosperity in future."

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