Matthew Bryza voices progress on a set of principles governing Karabakh settlement

Touching on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, he said considerable progress has been made on a set of principles governing a settlement, and he hopes for renewed momentum after parliamentary elections in Armenia in May.

"We anticipate that right after the Armenian elections on May 12, the both presidents will come back together. And we hope, we hope then, that they'll get close to finalizing the document. I don't want to say they’re going to finalize it, because it's not fair to back them into a corner. There are still some differences between them," he added.

Internationally recognized territories of Azerbaijan – an enclave Nagorno Karabakh, and some other adjacent regions were occupied by Armenia in early 1990s. The so-called Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was set up to seek a negotiated peaceful solution between the two countries to the dispute. The parties have not settled the conflict for years despite regular meetings. APA