Anadolu Agency (AA), Turkey
December 7, 2012 Friday

OSCE calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to find solutions for Upper Karabakh issue

Heads of Delegation of the Organization for Security and Co-operation
in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group Co-Chair countries made a called on
Azerbaijan and Armenia to find a political solution for the conflict
in the Upper Karabakh BAKU The 19th meeting of the OSCE started on
Thursday in Irish capital of Dublin.

Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov, Secretary of State of U.S.
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Minister Delegate for European Affairs of
France Bernard Cazeneuve issued a joint declaration and stated, “We
call upon the parties to the Upper Karabakh conflict to demonstrate
the political will needed to reach a peaceful settlement. As our
Presidents stated at Los Cabos on June 18, 2012, the parties should be
guided by the Helsinki principles, particularly those relating to the
non-use of force or the threat of force, territorial integrity, and
equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and the elements
outlined in our countries’ statements at L’Aquila in 2009 and Muskoka
in 2010. Recalling the statement of our Presidents at Deauville in
2011, we again urge the parties to take decisive steps to reach a
peaceful settlement.”

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress