The Baker rules refer to a set of negotiation process principles identifying who the parties to the

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are.

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and

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are identified as the ''principal parties'' and the Armenian community and Azerbaijani community of

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are identified as ''interested parties''.

History

The Baker rules were named after the 61st

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James Baker III, who was appointed US top negotiator within CSCE mediation efforts to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The rules on how the parties to the conflict were going to be represented during the

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(CSCE) sponsored negotiations were agreed by the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia. Since its inception, Baker rules had been the core basis within the negotiation process mediated by the

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References

Armenia–Azerbaijan peace process Negotiation Proposed treaties Multilateral relations History of Madrid Treaties of Armenia Treaties of Azerbaijan Treaties concluded in 1992 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe History of the foreign relations of the United States 1992 in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic {{Treaty-stub

History

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