OBAMA MAKES PHONE CALLS TO SARGSYAN, ALIYEV
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 24, 2011 – 10:20 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – U.S. President Barack Obama made phone calls to
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev in advance of their upcoming summit on the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict that Russian President Dimitry Medvedev will host in Kazan,
Russia on June 24th.
The President reaffirmed the message expressed in his May 26th joint
statement with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs President Nicholas
Sarkozy and President Medvedev that the moment has come for all the
sides to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to take a decisive step towards
a peaceful settlement, White House said in a statement.
President Obama strongly encouraged the two leaders to finalize and
endorse the Basic Principles during their meeting with President
Medvedev in Kazan. Once the Basic Principles are agreed to,
the parties can begin negotiating a final settlement based on the
Helsinki principles of non-use of force or threat of force, territorial
integrity, and the equal rights and self-determination of peoples.
President Obama told both leaders that now is the time to resolve this
conflict and to offer the people of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Nagorno
Karabakh a better future for themselves and for their children. The
United States will continue to support both leaders and the Minsk
Group Co-Chairs in their important efforts to advance security and
prosperity in the region.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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