KARABAKH CONFLICT RANKS FIRST AMONG CONFLICTS IN POST-SOVIET EURASIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
21.02.2008 17:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ With its consequences, the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
is not only the major regional conflict at the post-soviet space but
is also an example for Georgians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, Moldavians
and Transnistrians, said Sergei Markedonov, head of the interethnic
relations department at Moscow’s Institute of Political and Military
Analysis.
"According to Swedish expert Svante Cornell, the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict ranks the first among the conflicts in post-soviet
Eurasia. This is the only conflict spoken about as a threat of a
third world war," the Russian expert said.
"The Nagorno Karabakh conflict is the only conflict which set off
two independent states against each other. Furthermore, it is raging
in immediate proximity to three states which claim the role of the
regional power – Russia, Turkey and Iran," Markedonov said.