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    AZERBAIJANI FM HOPES FOR ACCEPTANCE OF MADRID PRINCIPLES BY ARMENIA

    news.az
    May 18 2010
    Azerbaijan

    Elmar Mammadyarov There are updated proposals presented by the
    co-chairs of the Minsk Group and they are now on the table, said
    Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov.

    Azerbaijan's FM Elmar Mammadyarov hopes that the OSCE Minsk Group
    co-chairs will be able to persuade Armenia to accept the updated Madrid
    principles for the parties to launch discussion of a comprehensive
    peace treaty on the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno
    Karabakh.

    "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, and I hope that the co-chairs will
    persuade Armenia, so that they too have accepted this as a basis
    for us to start discussing a comprehensive peace agreement on the
    Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict", Azerbaijan's Foreign
    Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told Trend on arrival in Dushanbe.

    Trend reports that in Dushanbe Mammadyarov will take part in the 37th
    session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of
    Islamic Conference (OIC), which will be held on 18-20 May.

    According to the minister, the Azerbaijani side showed constructivism
    and stated that all proposals presented in Athens by the co-chairs
    of OSCE Minsk Group in Athens have been generally accepted by
    Azerbaijan. "The constructivism is obvious here, and we are ready to
    move on," "Mammadyarov said.

    The minister recalled that in early June he intends to meet with the
    OSCE Minsk group. "We will discuss all issues related to the peaceful
    settlement" , Mammadyarov said.

    The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasus began in
    1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

    Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent districts - 20 percent of
    Azerbaijan's territory - are under occupation by the Armenian armed
    forces.

    In May 1994, the parties reached a cease-fire agreement and i peaceful
    negotiations are still held under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk
    Group and co-chairmanship of Russia, France and the United States.

    The four resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council related to
    the liberation of Karabakh and other occupied lands have not been
    executed by Armenia.
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