OSCE MG format should change for progress in Karabakh peace talks

  06 April 2016    Read: 1227
OSCE MG format should change for progress in Karabakh peace talks
To achieve progress in peace talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict it is important to change the format of the OSCE Minsk Group, which for more than 20 years hasn`t contributed to its solution, says Aidos Sarym, Kazakh political analyst and director of the Altynbek Sarsenbayev Foundation.
"Therefore, it is time to change the format, to bring in new negotiators, perhaps, such as Turkey and Kazakhstan," Sarym, who also previously served as an adviser to Kazakhstan`s information minister, told Trend Apr. 6.

He believes that a new format of the negotiators` group may help find new ways to solve the conflict.

Today, international community stands for ceasing shootings in the zone of conflict, said Sarym.

"The unresolved conflict hinders the entire region`s development, bringing threat of deterioration of the situation at any time and it is necessary that the world powers and international organizations make great efforts to find a final solution," he added.

Sarym noted that Armenia`s position on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue is unconstructive, since they simply say it is "their land", and they don`t intend to make a compromise.

"International community should put pressure on Armenian authorities, possibly up to the imposition of sanctions in order to force them to change their position and make progress in the peace talks," he added.

Speaking about the recent escalation of situation along the line of contact between the Azerbaijani and Armenian troops in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, the expert said that during the past days Azerbaijan has showed the power of its army.

Sarym said Azerbaijan is much stronger than Armenia both militarily and economically, and Armenia can`t resist Azerbaijan without the external support, in particular, that of Russia - an ally of Armenia in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and the support of diasporas.

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