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Expert: In 2015 the situation over Nagorno-Karabakh will not be better
than in 2014
by David Stepanyan
arminfo
Saturday, December 20, 12:32
In 2015 the situation over Nagorno-Karabakh will not be better than in
2014, Tom de Waal, a senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia
Program at the Carnegie Endowment, told ArmInfo on Saturday.
According to the expert, this year's tension was a logical result of
the parties' last years' efforts to militarize their contact line.
The Azerbaijani authorities, according to de Waal, deem it necessary
to remind the world from time to time that some of their territories
are occupied, and they do it by breaking the cease-fire regime and
causing certain instability. In their turn, the Armenians see it
proper to demonstrate their military strength to the enemy.
All this, according to the expert, is bad for the cease-fire regime
and the peace talks, especially as this is happening amid the
geopolitical crisis in Ukraine.
According to de Wall, the Minsk Group is on its last legs, so, the
best the parties can hope for in near future is periodic meetings of
the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents - something that has little to
do with real peace talks.
than in 2014
by David Stepanyan
arminfo
Saturday, December 20, 12:32
In 2015 the situation over Nagorno-Karabakh will not be better than in
2014, Tom de Waal, a senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia
Program at the Carnegie Endowment, told ArmInfo on Saturday.
According to the expert, this year's tension was a logical result of
the parties' last years' efforts to militarize their contact line.
The Azerbaijani authorities, according to de Waal, deem it necessary
to remind the world from time to time that some of their territories
are occupied, and they do it by breaking the cease-fire regime and
causing certain instability. In their turn, the Armenians see it
proper to demonstrate their military strength to the enemy.
All this, according to the expert, is bad for the cease-fire regime
and the peace talks, especially as this is happening amid the
geopolitical crisis in Ukraine.
According to de Wall, the Minsk Group is on its last legs, so, the
best the parties can hope for in near future is periodic meetings of
the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents - something that has little to
do with real peace talks.