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    TRIO FOR THE CAUCASUS
    by Sergei Belov

    DEFENSE and SECURITY
    January 27, 2012 Friday

    [translated from Russian]

    Source: Rossiyskaya Gazeta, January 24, 2012, p. 2

    IN SOCHI PRESIDENTS OF RUSSIA, ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN RETURNED TO
    DISCUSSION OF THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT; President of Russia,
    Armenia and Azerbaijan had another meeting dedicated to discussion
    of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    Meetings of leaders of the three countries dedicated to regulation
    of the situation regarding one of the disputable territories in the
    former Soviet Republics began in 2008 according to an initiative of
    Moscow. During all these years Russian authorities took efforts to
    adjusts positions of Yerevan and Baku for the sake of the conflict
    resolving by the peaceful method alone.

    The parties approached the tenth meeting in Krasnaya Polyana
    without any super expectations. On the contrary, Kremlin officials
    even expressed a concern about the growing frequency of cases of
    breaching of the ceasefire regime in the conflict zone, as well as
    about appearance of victims among servicemen and civilians and about
    the military rhetoric that started sounding in both countries again.

    Before the meeting of the three presidents Dmitry Medvedev preferred
    to talk to each of them tete-a-tete.

    In a conversation with the President of Azerbaijan the Russian leader
    stressed:

    - We are strongly connected with the Caucasus. We are not indifferent
    to everything that is happening there, as well as what is happening
    in some neighboring regions. These meetings take place regularly,
    there is progress some time and there are problems some time but this
    dialog is useful and I hope that such contacts will be continued.

    Ilham Aliyev thanked the Russian President for further intermediary
    efforts in search for a solution for the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.

    In conversation with Medvedev the President of Armenia called such
    trilateral dialogs very useful.

    According to results of trilateral negotiations the parties adopted
    a joint statement that said that as a result of intensive dialog they
    managed to achieve progress in coordination of the main principles of
    the Nagorno-Karabakh regulation. The document said, "Bearing in mind
    the importance of transition to development of a peaceful agreement,
    presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia expressed readiness to accelerate
    achievement of an agreement on the main principles taking into account
    the work done until now."




    From: A. Papazian
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