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Details of Nagorno Karabakh talks unveiled

11 February 2009 08:31 (UTC +04:00)

He met with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and President Serzh Sargsyan on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. He later held a meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Memmdyarov on the plane on their way to Ankara. On board, the two ministers took the snap decision not to land in Ankara but travel onto Baku where they met with Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev on Monday.
Armenia agreed in principle to return six regions surrounding the Nagorno-Karabakh region to Azerbaijan in a specific timetable. Armenia will withdraw its troops from Fuzuli, Aghdam, Jabrayil, Gubadli and Zangilan at a given time and Azerbaijani people, who were forced to leave the regions, will be repatriated. The administration of the Nagorno-Karabakh region will be handed to a provisional body and Kelbejer will be returned to Azerbaijan after the status of the region is determined, Hurriyet added. The railroad and highway between Azerbaijan and Armenia will be opened, while an international peace force will be deployed at the border region between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh (Lachin corridor), the report said. Russia and Turkey will not participate in the international contingent.

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