Matthew Bryza: “The issue of referendum can be reviewed after the liberation of Azerbaijani regions from the occupation and deployment of peacekeepers in the territory”

“The co-chairs have proposals related to the settlement of Nagorno karabakh problem.

We are working on the proposals now”, said Matthew Bryza, American Co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group, who is on a visit to Baku, APA reports. The co-chair called Moscow Declaration as a step forward toward the settlement of the conflict and said this document would assist the solution to the problem.

Speaking about Turkey’s efforts toward the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Bryza noted that this country was a loyal partner of the United States. “Therefore we positively appreciate the Turkey’s efforts toward the solution to the conflict”.

The US co-chair said negotiations between Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents created good environment for mutual trust and expressed opinion about the liberation of occupied Azerbaijani lands, peacekeeping forces and referendum. “The issue of referendum can be reviewed after the liberation of Azerbaijani regions from the occupation and deployment of peacekeepers in the territory. It depends on getting the working agreement between the presidents. During the last meeting of the presidents, a good environment was created for developing the negotiations”.