"Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian presidents' Kazan summit results are disappointing"

The results of the Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian presidents’ summit in Kazan were dissapointing in that they were less than what was hoped for, or expected, executive director of the British NGO LINKS Dennis Sammut said.

"The negotiations however have not collapsed and the sides note some progress on the issues under consideration, and indicate that they remain committed to the peace process", Sammut said.

He stressed it is important that discussions continue as soon as possible.

"What has been achieved over many years of negotiations must be consolidated," Sammut said. "The international mediators should explore alternative approaches to how this can be done".

The summit of the Presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia ended without reaching an agreement on the basic principles of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, but the sides mentioned the progress towards this goal, a joint statement after the summit in Kazan said, RIA Novosti reported.

The Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia discussed the basic principles of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement on Friday in Kazan.

"The Heads of State highlighted the achievement of mutual understanding on a number of issues, the solution of which contributes to creating conditions to approve the basic principles," said the statement.

The document says that the meeting participants reviewed the activities conducted to agree upon the project of basic principles.


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