Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Sept 12 2008

Russia not Have Any Tools of Influence on Nagorno-Karabakh Problem,
which It Had in Georgia: Expert
13.09.08 01:02

Russia, Moscow, 12 September /corr. Trend News R.Agayev / Russia does
not have any tools of influence on the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, which
it had in Georgia through the unrecognized republics of Abkhazia and
South Ossetia. In this case, the situation is of other kind, the
Director of the Programs of the Center of Russia and CIS Countries,
coordinator of Forum EU-Russia, expert of German Council for Foreign
Policy, Alexander Rar, said answering the question of TrendNews
correspondent during press conference in Moscow dedicated to the
presentation of his book Ñ – Russia harvests to gas!Ñ – .

Within the framework of presentation, the author of the book, who is
also a permanent participant in the sessions of the discussion club Ñ
– ValdayÑ – , shared his impressions from the recent meetings with the
high-ranking Russian newsmakers, which took place within the session
of the club Ñ – ValdayÑ – 2008, including with the Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov Primer Minister Vladimir Putin and President
Dmitriy Medvedev.

In the opinion of the political scientist, the significant country
such as Turkey plays entirely different, special role in the region of
the Armenian- Azerbaijani conflict. Alexander Rar considers that the
international mechanisms in the context of this conflict have
sufficiently strengthened and the attention of the international
community to this conflict is more than to the conflicts in
Georgia. Moreover, according to the expert, Russia does not have
direct border with Nagorno-Karabakh.

Rar noted that Vladimir Putin was asked the question of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict within the club ` Valday’ . According to
the expert, the Russian Prime Minister said that during Heydar
Aliyev’s presidential term, the Azerbaijani side was ready to solve
this question, but Aliyev did not have time.