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03 July 2006 [22:21] - Today.Az
The co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno Karabakh believe it is time for the Azeri and Armenian leaders to take the initiative towards achieving a breakthrough in the Nagorno Karabakh settlement, says a statement circulated by the French embassy in Azerbaijan.
The Minsk Group's co-chairmen voiced their readiness to organize a new meeting between the sides, it says. According to Interfaxm the statement followed speculation about the OSCE-proposed principles of settling the conflict. On June 22, the co-chairmen reported the results of talks between the conflicting parties, both at a top and ministerial level as well as the co-chairmen's visits to the conflict zone over the past several months, to the OSCE Permanent Council. "As a result, the co-chairmen offered Presidents Aliyev and Kocharian a package of just and balanced principles that would enable the sides to draft a long-term peace treaty," the statement says. "Regrettably, during their last meeting in Bucharest, the two presidents failed to agree to these principles. The co-chairmen are convinced that proposals worked out over the past two years of negotiations offer the potential for a just and long-term solution to the problem," the document says.
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