Recent events prove that parties to Karabakh conflict are not preparing themselves for a new war, according to Georgian expert.
“I don’t believe in military resolution of Karabakh conflict,” Paata Zakareishvili noted. The expert did not rule our escalation of tensions, which will further ease off as a result of agreements. “Each of the conflicting parties will believe it to be a step towards the final settlement of the conflict, which will, however, be dragged out for a long time,” Day.Az quoted him as saying.
On March 5, Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents – Serzh Sargsyan, Dmitry Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev – adopted a joint statement on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement based on the results of their negotiations in Sochi.
The joint statement reads that the Presidents “considered matters of practical implementation of the trilateral statement adopted during the October 27, 2010, meeting in Astrakhan.” Specifically, the Presidents agreed to finalize the swap of POWs as soon as possible. The document stresses the parties’ willingness “to solve all disputable matters peacefully and conduct investigation of possible incidents along the ceasefire line under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group through the assistance of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.”
