Karabakh Issue Is Not a Part of Opposition Between U.S. and Russia

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.01.2007 17:56 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Nagorno Karabakh problem is not a part of
opposition between the U.S. and Russia, quite the contrary, there
is an understanding and consent in it, said RIA ‘Novosti’ Expert
Council member Nikolay Zlobin, the Director of Russian and Asian
Program Institute of World Security. In his words, unlike Abkhazian,
South-Ossetian and Transdnestrian conflicts, there is no opposition of
state interests between Moscow and Washington in the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict. That’s why those countries have opportunity to come to
common positions. "This is a positive factor. With all disagreements
and differences in the positions generally the U.S. and Russia occupy
a common stance on that problem. Though there exist pro-Armenian and
pro-Azeri politicians in this or that country, there isn’t anyone who
would support military solution of the problem," stressed the expert.

Alongside, in Zlobin’s opinion, there is an understanding that the
keeping of status quo has its historical limits. "The U.S. position
can be less often, if this problem becomes theoretical, and,
moreover, practical cause for destabilizing the situation in the
region. The solution of this conflict will be difficult, long
and contradictory. There won’t be any impulses from outside in
the settlement process the coming two years," the American expert
underscored, ‘Novosti Azerbaijan’ reports.