Political expert: A breakthrough in the negotiation process on  Karabakh settlement in the foreseeable future is not expected

ArmInfo. A breakthrough in the negotiation process on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement is not to be expected in the foreseeable future. Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan announced at a press conference in Yerevan on November 7.

According to the expert, at the Geneva summit of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, another resuscitation of the negotiation process took place. "The negotiation process on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement will continue, and will be accompanied by a periodic escalation in the conflict zone," the political scientist said. He also recalled that after the Kazan summit in 2011 there are no meaningful negotiations on the settlement of the conflict, and the Minsk process is aimed more at reducing tensions at the conflict zone.

Referring to  the forthcoming meeting of Erdogan-Putin in Moscow and the discussion of the Karabakh issue at this meeting, Iskandaryan noted that today Russia and Turkey have more pressing issues for discussion than the Karabakh settlement. "To date, neither Turkey has a motivation to resolve the Karabakh conflict, nor Russia, which would be willing to give something in return for resolving this issue." Russia and Turkey have a lot of pressing issues that need to be addressed, including the South Streams , issues of export and import of goods, etc. Erdogan and Putin do not meet in order to realize the nightmares of Armenian political scientists, "Iskandaryan said.

Turkish Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that at the meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin the issue of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement would also be discussed. He noted that Turkey would come forward with a serious initiative to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.