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    PACE PANEL SIGNS DECLARATION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH

    AzerNews, Azerbaijan
    June 3 2013

    3 JUNE 2013, 12:09 (GMT+05:00)
    By Sara Rajabova

    The search for a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    is a commitment undertaken by Armenia and Azerbaijan upon their
    accession to the Council of Europe, says a declaration signed by
    the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Standing
    Committee during a meeting in Yerevan on May 31.

    "In this context, we express our full support to the negotiations
    within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, on the basis of the
    'Madrid principles' which establish a framework for resolving the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," the declaration said.

    The Assembly urges Armenia and Azerbaijan to seize the opportunity
    offered by their respective chairmanships of the Committee of Ministers
    of the Council of Europe, to promote reconciliation between these
    two member states and their populations, as well as to intensify the
    search, in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, for a solution to
    the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    "Our Assembly is ready to do everything it can, through parliamentary
    diplomacy, to facilitate dialogue and establish a climate of trust
    between parliamentarians from both member states," the declaration
    reads.

    Also, during a visit to Azerbaijan, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon
    expressed an expectation that a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict could be reached this year. He noted that in 2013, Azerbaijan
    and Armenia will chair the CoE Committee of Ministers, and it will
    create a good chance for both countries to find a solution to the
    conflict.

    This year marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the peace
    treaty between France and Germany, and such peace can be achieved
    between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Mignon said.

    The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict emerged in 1988 when Armenia made
    territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since a lengthy war in the early
    1990s that displaced over one million Azerbaijanis, Armenian armed
    forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally
    recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent
    regions. The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions on
    Armenia's withdrawal from the Azerbaijani territory, but Armenia has
    not followed them to this day.

    Russia, France and the U.S. have long been working to broker a
    solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through the Minsk Group,
    but their efforts have been largely fruitless so far.

    Peace talks are underway on the basis of a peace outline proposed by
    the Minsk Group co-chairs and dubbed the Madrid Principles, also known
    as Basic Principles. The document envisions a return of the territories
    surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani control; determining the
    final legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh; a corridor linking Armenia
    to the region; and the right of all internally displaced persons to
    return home.


    From: Baghdasarian
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