Russia, U.S. and France regret that no solution found for Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

YEREVAN, June 18. /ARKA/. Russia, the U.S. and France, the three countries co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group, which is engaged in finding a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, expressed their deep regret at the fact that the parties to the conflict were unable to find a solution to the conflict during their talks.

"We express our deep regret at the fact that instead of trying to find a solution to the conflict  based on mutual interests, the parties continued to seek unilateral advantages,"  says a joint statement adopted by the presidents of the three countries - Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama and Francois Hollande on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Novosti-Armenia reported citing  RIA Novosti.

"We are confident that further delay in reaching a balanced framework agreement leading to a comprehensive peace settlement is unacceptable and urge the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to focus with renewed energy  on the issues that are still open," the statement says.

The leaders of Russia, the U.S. and France have expressed confidence that their statements on this issue made in the last four years should become the foundation of a just and lasting settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."

According to leaders of the three countries, "these provisions need to be considered as a whole, since an attempt to give preference to any of them excludes the possibility of adopting a balanced solution."

"We strongly urge the leaders of all the parties to reaffirm their commitment to the Helsinki Principles, in particular, the principles of non-use of force or threat of force, territorial integrity, equality and the right of peoples to self-determination,” the  joint statement says. -0-