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1/5 Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office With President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (right) and President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. June 24, 2011 Full captionFull caption|||Minimise

• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.|Kazan|June 24, 2011|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d38127aaad4b66ad66.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d38127aab7f76efcf4.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (left) and President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.|Kazan|June 24, 2011|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d38127c0910ad90e30.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d38127c099b4bbd9d6.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (right) and President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.|Kazan|June 24, 2011|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d38127cf81590cfcbe.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d38127cf89faad4b02.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev (left) and President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.|Kazan|June 24, 2011|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d38128056f84ade3ef.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d381280573733645d3.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| Meeting with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.|Kazan|June 24, 2011|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d381282c7747526103.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d381282c8057cdfca2.jpeg

A joint statement was issued following the meeting.

The statement notes that the Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Russian Federation reviewed the progress in agreement on the draft of the Basic Principles for Nagorno Karabakh settlement, in accordance with their instructions.

The Presidents acknowledged that common understanding had been reached on a number of issues whose resolution will promote the conditions for approval of the Basic Principles.

The Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan expressed their gratitude to the leaders of Russia, the US and France as co-chair countries of the OSCE Minsk Group for their permanent attention to the Nagorno Karabakh settlement issue and gave a high assessment of the personal efforts of the President of the Russian Federation in helping achieve the agreements.