Moldova, Chisinau, 8 October / Trend , Y. Kudinova /
Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia asked OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to include recommendations in the Madrid document, the U.S. co-chair Robert Bradtke told journalists Friday in Chisinau, after meeting of Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
"The basic principles of the document are items of non-use of force, the right of self-determination and territorial integrity - said Bradtke, - Presidents agreed with that."
This was the seventh meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, held on peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict for 6 months.
The Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan held previous talks on peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in Moscow on July 17-18. The fifth meeting on conflict resolution between the two leaders was held in St. Petersburg on June 4. The previous meeting was held in Prague on May 7. The first meeting was held in St. Petersburg in June 2008, the second meeting in Moscow in late November 2008 and the third was held in Zurich on Jan. 28, 2009.
According to Bradtke, Presidents seek ways of rapprochement.
"This is my first meeting with the presidents. They paid a very large attention to the problem discussed and listened to the opinion of each other" - said Bradtke.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
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