Armenia accepts updated Madrid principles
Azerbaijani Foreign
Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has welcomed the acceptance of the
updated Madrid principles for the settlement of the Upper (Nagorno)
Garabagh conflict by his Armenian opposite number Eduard
Nalbandyan.
"If Armenia has accepted the new Madrid principles, this may enable Azerbaijan, Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group to finalize the talks and start working on a peace agreement," Mammadyarov said.
Co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group stated after a meeting with Nalbandyan in Paris lately that Yerevan has already accepted the updated version of the Madrid principles. According to an Interfax report, Nalbandyan has said his country had accepted the Madrid document earlier than Azerbaijan.
The Minsk Group co-chairs representing the United States, Russia and France initially proposed a peace outline on settling the conflict in the Spanish capital in November 2007. In Athens in November 2009, the updated version of the Madrid Document was submitted to the sides.*
"If Armenia has accepted the new Madrid principles, this may enable Azerbaijan, Armenia and the OSCE Minsk Group to finalize the talks and start working on a peace agreement," Mammadyarov said.
Co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group stated after a meeting with Nalbandyan in Paris lately that Yerevan has already accepted the updated version of the Madrid principles. According to an Interfax report, Nalbandyan has said his country had accepted the Madrid document earlier than Azerbaijan.
The Minsk Group co-chairs representing the United States, Russia and France initially proposed a peace outline on settling the conflict in the Spanish capital in November 2007. In Athens in November 2009, the updated version of the Madrid Document was submitted to the sides.*
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