The discussion was held under the chairmanship of the well-known expert in the field of conflict transformation and peace building Natalya Mirimanova. She expressed regret that the EU is making insufficient efforts to resolve this problem.
She said that the EU must more actively participate in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
“The longer any conflict remains unresolved, the more difficult is to solve it,” she said.
The conflicts in the breakaway regions of Georgia, Transnistria, the situation in Crimea and eastern regions of Ukraine were also discussed during the forum.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.
As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
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