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Political scientist Sergei Mikheev: â€œI donâ€™t believe that there is a mediator in the world to be able to change the situation around the Nagorno Karabakh conflictâ€ â€“ EXCLUSIVE

16 July 2009 07:55 (UTC +04:00)

The sides take widely different positions and I donâ€™t think that there is a mediator in the world to be able to change this situationâ€, Sergei Mikheev, vice president of the Russian Political Technologies Center, told APA correspondent in Moscow. â€œUnfortunately no Russia, no America, no European Union nor UN is able to change the essence of the conflict. I think the negotiations should be developed to prevent dead lift. The sides will stress their commitment to the peaceful solution to the conflict in Moscow again, but on the other hand there will be no progressâ€.

The analyst expressed his opinion about the White House statement on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. â€œBoth Armenia and Azerbaijan consider Nagorno Karabakh as own territory. Therefore the situation will not be changed depending on the White House statement. It doesnâ€™t need to inflate the G8 statement. Who is G8? They can make some decision, but what they can change in real situation? If they are so skillful politicians, why they couldnâ€™t solve one of the conflicts existed so far? The White House statement is meaningless because the interests of Azerbaijan and Armenia donâ€™t coincide. If the sides or one of them donâ€™t ease their position, nothing will be changedâ€.