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RUSSIA WILL STAY FOCUSED ON KARABAKH RESOLUTION UNDER PUTIN - US EXPERT
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February 03, 2012 | 00:28
Russia will stay focused on Nagorno Karabakh conflict resolution under
the presidency of Vladimir Putin, said the expert at the Strategic
Studies Institute (US Army War College), Dr. Stephen Blank. According
to him, attention to the internal affairs in Russia won't divert
Moscow's attention from Karabakh conflict settlement.
Russia has always been the most influential actor in Karabakh process,
and this trend is likely to persist, the expert added. This will
continue even despite the uneventful outcome of the trilateral meeting
at Sochi on Jan 23 - 24, of the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan, and
Armenia. The trilateral meetings' format itself, initiated in 2008,
is also likely to be preserved.
"I don't expect any tangible progress in peace talks this year,
but one can surely expect the involvement of Russia not to decrease,
especially considering tough statements Putin has been making on the
matter," he told. "There's been a trend of political integration around
Russia, which has been constant in the last 20 years, and Russia will
keep CIS consolidation among its foreign policy priorities."
From: A. Papazian
news.am
February 03, 2012 | 00:28
Russia will stay focused on Nagorno Karabakh conflict resolution under
the presidency of Vladimir Putin, said the expert at the Strategic
Studies Institute (US Army War College), Dr. Stephen Blank. According
to him, attention to the internal affairs in Russia won't divert
Moscow's attention from Karabakh conflict settlement.
Russia has always been the most influential actor in Karabakh process,
and this trend is likely to persist, the expert added. This will
continue even despite the uneventful outcome of the trilateral meeting
at Sochi on Jan 23 - 24, of the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan, and
Armenia. The trilateral meetings' format itself, initiated in 2008,
is also likely to be preserved.
"I don't expect any tangible progress in peace talks this year,
but one can surely expect the involvement of Russia not to decrease,
especially considering tough statements Putin has been making on the
matter," he told. "There's been a trend of political integration around
Russia, which has been constant in the last 20 years, and Russia will
keep CIS consolidation among its foreign policy priorities."
From: A. Papazian