December 9, 2008 - 17:45 AMT
Yerevan and Baku received "technical document" on Karabakh settlement
Foreign Ministers of Russia, France and the U.S. handed a technical document, which can speed up the settlement process, to the sides in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the OSCE MG French Co-chair said.

"First of all, this document should be developed and studied. Afterwards, it will be either approved or rejected," Ambassador Bernard Fassier said, adding that Armenia and Azerbaijan were offered a schedule of coordination of the basic principles till the end of the year.

"The latest meeting in Helsinki was useful. Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan held 5-hour talks on the Karabakh issue," Fassier said.