the joint declaration between cyprus and armenia in january 2011 mentions that the republic of cyprus expresses its support to the constructive efforts of armenia to resolve nagorno-karabakh conflict within the osce minsk group process through negotiations based on the principles of the united nations charter and the helsinki final act and the elements proposed by the presidents of the osce minsk group co-chair countries, which include, inter alia, the determination of the final status of nagorno-karabakh through legally binding expression of will. in return armenian president welcomed cyprus position as a member of eu for its balanced stance on the karabakh issue, drawing attention to determination of nagorno-karabakh’s final status in terms of legally binding free expression of will. .