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  • BAKU: Russia Hopes For New Start For Nagorno Karabakh Peace Agreemen

    RUSSIA HOPES FOR NEW START FOR NAGORNO KARABAKH PEACE AGREEMENT

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    Jan 27 2012
    Azerbaijan

    Jan. 27--Russia is actively involved in the OSCE Minsk Group and the
    last joint statement that it made at a meeting with the presidents
    of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia in Sochi is the result of the work
    of all the group's co-chairs, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson
    Alexander Lukashevic said on Thursday, Russia 24 TV channel reported.

    "We hope that the acceleration of talks will lead to the desired
    results -- the specification of positions and the adoption of basic
    principles that will clear the way to a more complex document, and
    a legally binding peace agreement," Lukashevic said.

    Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian presidents Ilham Aliyev, Dmitry
    Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan held the tenth trilateral meeting in
    Sochi on Monday. A joint statement was made as a result of the meeting.

    The presidents said they achieved progress in terms of the basic
    principles of the conflict's settlement. Taking into consideration
    the importance of making a transition to a developed peace agreement,
    the presidents expressed their readiness to accelerate talks.

    The two presidents also lauded the mediation efforts of Russia
    and the other countries involved. They similarly reaffirmed that
    confidence-building measures to settle the dispute are underway.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
    armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
    including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

    Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
    co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group -- Russia, France, and the U.S. --
    are currently holding the peace negotiations.

    Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
    resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
    surrounding regions.

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