Russian president satisfied with OSCE MG countries’ statement on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

"We have received the relevant statement and urge the sides to make additional efforts to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Medvedev said at a news conference after the summit.

The Russian president said he hopes to quickly meet with the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents and continue discussions of this issue.

 "We, the presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group, confirm our commitment to the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and encourage them to resolve some remaining differences and conclude a peaceful settlement," the statement said.

"We instruct our mediators to provide the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents with an updated version of the Madrid paper, dated Nov. 29, 2007, containing the co-chairs' latest proposals on forming of the basic principles," the joint statement by leaders of Russia, the United States and France said.

/Trend News/