STATEMENT ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT RELEASED AT G-8 SUMMIT

Baku, July 10 (AzerTAc). Presidents of the United States, Russia and France have released a statement on settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at the G8 summit in L`Aquila, Italy, visiting OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs told journalists.
According to the statement, Presidents Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev and Nicolas Sarkozy instructed the co-chairs “to present to the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan an updated version of a proposed peace outline brought forward in the Madrid Document of November 2007”.
The document goes on to say the Presidents affirm their commitment to efforts by Armenia and Azerbaijan to finalize “the basic principles for settlement” of the conflict.
“We urge the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to resolve the few differences remaining between them and finalize their agreement on these Basic Principles which will outline a comprehensive settlement,” the statement says.
The document also says the three leaders will support Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia to finalize their agreement on the Basic Principles.