Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan expressed a readiness to speed up negotiations on the principles of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The presidents held trilateral talks with Russian Leader Dmitry Medvedev in Sochi today and passed a joint declaration, RIA Novosti reports.
Aliyev and Sargsyan gave Russia and other co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (France and US) support in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They expressed hope that the co-chairs would be more active in reaching peace and stability in the region.
Aliyev and Medvedev confirmed that one of the measures in the peace process is activation of humanitarian contacts. The Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents stated readiness to improve dialogue with intelligence, sciences and social organizations.
The three presidents took the report of the OSCE co-chairs into account. The report was developed by the co-chairs and personal representative of the OSCE. It contains information on investigations along the contact line.
The leaders of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia noted the volume of work done to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict since the first trilateral meeting on November 2, 2008.
