Today.Az » Politics » British expert Thomas de Waal: OSCE Minsk Group is not able to independently settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
10 March 2010 [17:13] - Today.Az
Normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations will facilitate peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, British expert Thomas de Waal said at a conference entitled “Settlement of the Karabakh conflict: the real and the unreal."
He believes that if there was no disagreement between Armenia and Turkey, "the reconciliation between Armenia and Azerbaijan would be more real."
According to de Waal, Baku is inclined to negotiate, but it does not exclude the military solution to the conflict.
De Waal also noted that international experts should be involved with the Karabakh process since organizations such as the OSCE Minsk Group are not able to independently resolve the conflict.
In his view, EU must also step up efforts in this regard.
"The EU should be more actively involved in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, because in the case it aggravates, Europe will be compelled to get involved in elimination of its consequences," said de Waal, noting that Europe is particularly interested in production and transit of energy.
The expert also stressed that the EU has a similar experience with the countries of the Balkan region.
"Nevertheless, conflict resolution is impossible without direct participation of public of the conflicting sides,” he said.
/Armenia Today/
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