Azerbaijani FM: Updated Madrid principles are suitable basis for settling Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Azerbaijan has accepted the updated Madrid principles and considers them a suitable basis for settling the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at the meeting with his Italian Counterpart Franco Frattini in Rome.

Mammadyarov brought to the attention of Frattini that peace and stability in the region is impossible without settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported.

Solution to the conflict will create conditions for mutual cooperation and understanding in the region and, in general, prosperity of the region, Mammadyarov said.

Agreeing with Mammadyarov, Frattini said that Italy supports the current negotiation process.

The sides also discussed energy cooperation between the two countries. Frattini stressed Azerbaijan's role in the energy security of Europe.


/Trend/