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US and EU should be more engaged in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement-Expert

30 November 2009 09:52 (UTC +04:00)

Washington. Isabel Levine-APA. â€œUS and EU should be more engaged in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlementâ€, told APAâ€™s Washington correspondent Oldberg Ingmar, analyst of Swedish Institute of International Affairs.

He pointed out that, there is a belief that key countries, like Russia or United States play a great role in the negotiation process. On the other hand it is sometimes said that they are just following their own interests.

But analyst believes that, Russia is not very interested in a settlement, because status quo allows it to play a mediating role.

â€œTherefore other neighbors plus US and EU should engage moreâ€ â€“ he stressed.

During the year of 2009 Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents met for 6 times, but didn’t come to any particular progress.

According to the Mr. Ingmar, â€œlacking in the negotiation process is presence of and more engagement by leaders of neighboring states like Turkey, Russia, Georgia, plus USAâ€.

Answering the question about risks in the region analyst stressed that war in Georgia was not connected, but increases need of a Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.