OSCE MG: Baku's answer to Russian President's proposal to be presented by Azerbaijani FM

Official Baku's answer to the proposal of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will be presented by the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov during his visit to Moscow, the Russian co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov told reporters. "We expect official Baku's answer to President Medvedev's proposal to be presented by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister," he said.

Baku is studying Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s proposal presented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on July 8 in Baku, Mammadyarov told reporters earlier.

"We are carefully studying Medvedev’s proposal and we will present our answer after thoroughly acquainting with them," he said.

President Medvedev has prepared a message to Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, following discussions held in Kazan. The message includes proposals on the visions of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution that was recently discussed at the meeting of the three presidents with representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported.

"I am pleased to hand over these proposals to you," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku. "I hope that you will react to the proposals after studying them."

Presidents Ilham Aliyev, Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan discussed the basic principles of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement in Kazan on June 24. The meeting - ninth in the last three years - ended without reaching agreement on the basic principles of settlement. A joint statement issued after the meeting noted the progress towards this goal.


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