Armenian political analyst forecasts protraction of Nagorno Karabakh talks in case of replacement of France with the EU in the OSCE Minsk Group.

According to Alexander Manasyan, Minsk Group’s bureaucratic system will be much more complicated with EU’s joining the negotiation process. The expert further noted that the EU’s position in 90s was quite favorable for Karabakh and urged Armenia to remind EU representatives of it. Mr. Manasyan said that EU accused Azerbaijan of attempting to involve Armenia in the war in its statement in 1993.

On March 23, European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs adopted a document on Armenia, proposing to replace France’s mandate in OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement with that of the European Union. The document is to be put to vote at European Parliament’s plenary session supposedly in a month.