The views expressed in the publication are the sole responsibility of the author and do not in any way represent the views of the Embassy. [...] Since 2007, Karabakh negotiations have been based on the Madrid principles and elements which envisaged the final determination of the status of Karabakh through the legally binding expression of will.4 However, there are no mentions of the status of Karabakh in the November 10 statement and Azerbaijan’s president stated that Azerbaijan threw the issue of status into the dustbins of history.5 Howe. [...] The key partner of the US in the region is Georgia which signed a Strategic Partnership charter with the US in January 2009.14 The US supports Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations and facilitated NATO-Georgia relations and backed the signature of the Georgia-EU Association Agreement in 2014. [...] The establishment of the joint Russia-Turkey monitoring center in Aghdam, close to the new line of control, replicates the Russia-Turkey cooperation model implemented in Syria.17 From a mid and long-term perspective, Turkey will support Azerbaijan in its policy to force the remaining Armenians out of Nagorno Karabakh and thus create a solid base for the withdrawal of the Russian peacekeepers. [...] Statement by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and the President of the Russian Federation, http:// en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/64384.
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