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    KARABAKH SETTLEMENT MEDIATORS HOPE FOR FINAL AGREEMENT ON PRINCIPLES TO END CONFLICT

    Interfax
    May 12 2009
    Russia

    The co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group hope to secure a final
    agreement on the fundamental principles to settle the conflict over
    Nagorno-Karabakh with the help of the Armenian and Azeri leaders.

    The Minsk Group co-chairmen are hopeful that the present-day leaders
    of Armenia and Azerbaijan will be able to overcome the complex reasons
    for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and its difficult consequences and
    to create an atmosphere of security, trust, cooperation and fruitful
    dialogue between the region's peoples, the co-chairmen said in a
    joint statement.

    They also hope that the leaders will be able to finally determine the
    fundamental principles for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in
    cooperation with the OSCE Minsk Group, the document said.

    According to the joint statement, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed an
    indefinite ceasefire agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh 15 years ago.

    The co-chairmen regret that the ceasefire has not been observed
    completed, and that every year sees more Armenian and Azeri casualties
    on the frontline, the statement said.

    The OSCE Minsk Group's co-chairmen - Yury Merzlyakov from Russia,
    Matthew Bryza representing the United States and Bernard Fassier
    from France - call on the sides to ensure conditions for a viable
    ceasefire that will remain in force until the conflict is resolved,
    to implement proposals to reinforce the 1995 ceasefire regime and to
    withdraw snipers from advanced positions, an initiative put forth by
    the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen in Helsinki in 2008.
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