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Armenian foreign affairs minister Edward Nalbandian issued a statement Thursday in response to the joint statement made in Deauville by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and US President Barack Obama on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The statement by Nalbandian reads as follows:
“We highly appreciate the efforts of Presidents Medvedev, Obama and Sarkozy directed at the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
“The statement made today in the sidelines of the G8 Summit in Deauville by the leaders of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries contains important messages and may become an impulse for the settlement of the issue.
“Armenia has always been in support of the settlement of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh through exclusively peaceful means and has repeatedly proven that in practice, therefore, it is clear to whom is addressed the unequivocal message of the statement in this regard.
“Armenia has given a clear answer to the latest version of the basic principles proposed by the three Co-Chairs as a basis for the negotiations of the settlement. If Azerbaijan gives an unequivocal agreement, then it will be possible to register progress in the process of the settlement. It is apparent to whom is addressed the message included in the statement in this regard, too.”