Armenia and Azerbaijan should come to understand that Karabakh conflict harms all sides

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Karabakh problem is not being resolved in Moscow or Armenia. The main task is to wean Armenians and Azeris from looking at each other like enemies, said Sergei Markedonov, the Head of the Interethnic Relations Department at the Institute for Political and Military Analysis.



"The Armenian and Azeri publics should come to understand that the conflict is harmful for all sides. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan are in blockade. Moscow will not resolve the problem instead of them," he said.



"What can Russia and U.S. suggest? Formulas of compromise, efficient moderation… Let's imagine that Azerbaijan quits GUAM. Will it help Baku to resolve the conflict in its favor? No. Having lost territories, Azerbaijan thought that if Russia can't settle the problem it's time to turn to West and the United States," Mr Markedonov said, Day.az reports.