Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Jan 8 2012
Stepan Grigoryan on the year 2011
VK asked director of the Yerevan Globalization Analysis Center, Stepan
Grigoryan, to say some words about the results of the year 2011 for
the Caucasus.
“It’s hard to discuss the Caucasus as a specific region. The Caucasus
has a very complicated structure. We see several countries that differ
greatly from one another,” the expert says. “Turkey, Azerbaijan and
Georgia constitute the first group of countries, Russia and Armenia –
the second.”
“The main problem for the whole region is the never-ending conflict
between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh,” Stepanyan
explains.
“One the one hand, there is no actual war, on the other, there is no
progress in peace talks either,” he adds.
“Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia are enhancing their ties. Russia and
Armenia are also trying to improve cooperation with each other,” the
expert says.
Speaking about possible progress in Azerbaijani-Armenian peace talks,
Grigoryan says that he believes Russia will come up with some new
propositions.
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