HELSINKI, DECEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. Commenting on the December 3 negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Helsinki, the U.S. Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza said that he noticed progress in negotiations, although there are still differences between the sides. In his words, the only way of overcoming these differences is to continue negotiations. According to Mediamax news agency, Matthew Bryza stated that the first point of the peace agreement should be on territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. He added that however, the agreement cannot be established unless it has points on some degree of self-determination of Nagorno Karabakh and nonuse of force, and all these principles should be included in the agreement.

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