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APA reports that following the meeting Ilham Aliyev, Serzh Sarkisian and Dmitry Medvedev signed a joint declaration on Nagorno Karabakh. Briefing the journalists about the text of the declaration, Dmitry Medvedev said they had thoroughly discussed the prospects of the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict through political means, mediation of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and direct dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
According to the declaration, the presidents state that by solving the conflict politically basing on the principles and norms of the international law, decisions and documents adopted within this framework, they will help to ensure normal situation in the South Caucasus and stability and security in the region. This will create favorable conditions for economic development and all-round cooperation in the region.
Taking into consideration the meeting of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs with the parties in Madrid in November, 2007, aiming to work out the main principles of political solution, the presidents underline the great importance of their continuing mediating efforts.
The declaration underlines that achieving peaceful solution to the conflict should be accompanied by legally binding international guarantees of all aspects and stages of the process.
The declaration also says that the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia reached an agreement to continue the work on political settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, as well as high-level contacts, and instructed their foreign ministers to speed up the negotiation process in collaboration with OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs.
The presidents underline the necessity of creating conditions for strengthening confidence in the context of efforts on the settlement of the conflict.
The declaration was signed in the presence of OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs.
