An agreement on deployment of peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh has been reached.

Under the agreement forces will involve peacekeepers from regional states, not co-chairing countries, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists on Tuesday.

He noted that the issue requires additional discussion. Mammadyarov said deployment of peacekeepers was included in the basic principles for resolution of the conflict.

“The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved stage-by-stage and all stages are interrelated.

The basic principles for the conflict settlement were determined at the G8 meeting in Canada. First of all, the Armenian troops must be withdrawn from the occupied territories. All communications and roads must be opened. Then, the earlier occupied territories must be restored. The internally displaced people must return to their native land. The peacekeeping forces must be deployed,” Azerbaijani Trend agency quotes Elmar Mammadyarov.