EU welcomes Russia's peaceful initiative on Karabakh

PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Union welcomes Russia's peaceful initiative on Nagorno Karabakh.



"I congratulated the Russian Federation on the occasion," French President Nicolas Sarkozy told a news conference in Nice. "A similar approach should be found to the South Ossetian problem."



"Russia's proposals on the forthcoming G20 summit in Washington are very constructive and coincide with European ones," he said, RIA Novosti reports.



During the November 2 meeting, the Presidents Dmitry Medvedev of Russia, Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia and Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan pledged to intensify negotiations to end the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.



The declaration envisages resolution of the conflict on the basis of principles and norms of the international law as well as agreements and documents concluded in this framework.



Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev also instructed their foreign ministers to activate the negotiation process, in collaboration with the co-chairs of the OSCE's Minsk Group.