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United States Calls Joint Statement of Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian Presidents a Positive Development
On October 28, Department of State Spokesman Philip Crowley delivered a statement on the joint statement of Presidents Medvedev, Sargsian, and Aliyev signed in Astrakhan, Russia on October 27.
"We welcome the October 27 joint statement of Presidents Medvedev, Sargsian, and Aliyev in which Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to the exchange of prisoners of war and the return of bodies with the assistance of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
We appreciate President Medvedev’s personal efforts to reach this agreement, which aims to build confidence between the parties and to strengthen the 1994 cease-fire. This joint statement represents a positive development in the ongoing OSCE Minsk Group process to reach a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, and we look forward to seeing its implementation as soon as possible.”