POLITICS
US welcomes joint statement of Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian presidents on settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Baku, October 29 (AZERTAC). The United States has welcomed a joint statement of the presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia on settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
In a daily press briefing, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Philip J. Crowley said the official Washington welcomes the October 27 joint statement by presidents Ilham Aliyev, Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan in which Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to the exchange of prisoners of war and the return of bodies with the assistance of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
“We appreciate President Medvedev`s personal efforts to reach this agreement, which aims to build confidence between the parties and to strengthen the 1994 ceasefire.”
Crowley pointed out this joint statement represents a positive development in the ongoing OSCE Minsk Group process to reach a peaceful resolution to the conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh and “we look forward to seeing its implementation as soon as possible”.