Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation, Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia issued a joint statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process after the negotiations here on Saturday, AzerTAc reports referring Itar-Tass news agency.{nl}

The leaders negotiated the fulfillment of a tripartite statement, which they issued at the previous summit in Astrakhan on October 27, 2010 and agreed on further steps in addition to the measures envisaged in the statement, the document runs. The leaders of the countries agreed "to complete the exchange of prisoners-of-war as quick as possible," the statement said. Alongside, the document noted the intentions "to settle all disputes peacefully and to investigate probable incidents along the ceasefire line involving the parties under the aegis of the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group with the assistance of a special envoy of the OSCE chairman-in-office."

"The presidents noted the importance of regular contacts on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process and agreed to continue them in this format in addition to the work done by the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group," the statement runs.

AzerTAc