The Russian Foreign Ministry is convinced that resolution of the Karabakh conflict cannot be delayed any longer, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich.
He said there was clear position from the heads of state of the three Minsk Group co-chairing countries - Russia, the USA and France," Lukashevich said, referring to the three presidents` statement in Deauville, which called on the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders to finalize the basic principles for a settlement at their forthcoming summit.
"This is not a rapid process, but at least there are high hopes now. The presidents` statement in Deauville will help the sides understand the line that the political settlement process has reached and then comes the specific objective of accepting the basic principles," Lukashevich added.

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