ArmInfo. Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is going to just try to hold on to the status quo in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This was stated in an interview to Caucasus Watch by British political scientist, a senior fellow with Carnegie Europe, specializing in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region, Thomas de Waal.
According to him, he believes, that there will not be many changes, at least not soon. " Pasinyan is going to just try to hold on to the status quo and this is probably not to the liking of Azerbaijan. Baku wants to see either a more active peace process or it wants to shake up the situation with some kind of military action. It does not want to see a quiet status quo, but a quiet status quo is unfortunately what I think the new Armenian leadership wants", the British political scientist said.
Further, referring to the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, he noted that the conflict is difficult to resolve and cannot be quickly resolved.
Thomas de Waal noted that there is very weak international mechanism in place. "There is a small monitoring mission with six OSCE observers, as well as the very modest Minsk group under the co-chairmanship format that is trying to mediate the conflict. So basically everything comes down to the will and decision-making of the leaders on both sides", the political scientist said.