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Azerbaijani foreign minister hopes OSCE Minsk Group will be able to persuade Armenia to accept updated Madrid principles

18 May 2010 [09:36] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov hopes that the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group will be able to persuade Armenia to accept updated Madrid principles so that the sides could start discussing a comprehensive peace agreement on the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

"There are updated proposals presented by the co-chairs of the Minsk Group and they are now on the table. Azerbaijan has already announced that it accepts these principles in general, and I hope that the co-chairs will be able to persuade Armenia as well to accept this as a basis in order to enable us to start discussing a comprehensive peace agreement on the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told Trend special correspondent upon his arrival in Dushanbe.

In Dushanbe, Mammadyarov will attend the 37th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), which will be held on May 18-20.

According to the Minister, the Azerbaijani side demonstrated constructivism in the negotiations and stated that generally accepts all proposals that were presented in Athens by the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.

"So, the constructivism is present and we are prepared to move forward," Mammadyarov said.

The Minister remembered that he intends to meet with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in early June. "We will discuss all issues regarding the peaceful settlement," Mammadyarov said.


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