4,400 km2 Population (1989): 190. 000

’Power mediation’’ and ‘’track sharing’’ approaches 1996

December 2-3 - OSCE Lisbon Summit. The OSCE statement supported by all (53) OSCE member states except Armenia, on three principles for the settlement of the conflict:
1) territorial integrity of the Republic of Armenia and the Azerbaijan Republic;
1) legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh defined in an agreement based on self-determination which confers on Nagorno-Karabakh the highest degree of self-rule within Azerbaijan;
1) guaranteed security for Nagorno-Karabakh and its whole population, including mutual obligations to ensure compliance by all the parties with the provisions of the settlement;