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NAGORNO-KARABAKH NEEDS MAJOR MEDIATORS
Vestnik Kavkaza
Sept 20 2011
The Nagorno-Karabakh peace process could be more fruitful if there
were more authoritative politicians involved. The US could play that
role to demonstrate that it is more concerned about the problem,
Doctor Svante Cornell, Director of research at the Institute for
Central Asia and the Caucasus.
The presence of middle-rankng diplomats is fine, but discussions of
such complicated geopolitical conflicts need higher-level diplomatic
missions. Such diplomats need direct contact with heads of state and
Foreign Ministries.
Another important aspect of the negotiation process is planning. The
better picture negotiators have on prospects of signing a treaty,
the higher chance there is for them to put maximum efforts into a
settlement of the conflict, Cornell said.
Vestnik Kavkaza
Sept 20 2011
The Nagorno-Karabakh peace process could be more fruitful if there
were more authoritative politicians involved. The US could play that
role to demonstrate that it is more concerned about the problem,
Doctor Svante Cornell, Director of research at the Institute for
Central Asia and the Caucasus.
The presence of middle-rankng diplomats is fine, but discussions of
such complicated geopolitical conflicts need higher-level diplomatic
missions. Such diplomats need direct contact with heads of state and
Foreign Ministries.
Another important aspect of the negotiation process is planning. The
better picture negotiators have on prospects of signing a treaty,
the higher chance there is for them to put maximum efforts into a
settlement of the conflict, Cornell said.