"Any meetings and talks - are already boon even if they bring no result. Much worse if the sides have no wish and possibility to meet and hold talks, let us take Georgia and Russian, for example," Chief of the Department of CIS Countries of the Russian Institute of Strategic Research, Candidate of Historical Sciences Alexander Skakov said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net. In his opinion the potential of the Armenian-Azeri dialogue has been exhausted. "Meetings at the presidential and ministerial level are a positive phenomenon but expecting the leaders to make halfway would be impracticable now. In my opinion, the problem of the Armenian-Azeri relations is the ill will of the peoples heated up by the history and patterns of the politicians. At the same time we are neighbors and will remain such," he said.

"The task of the peaceful process is to establish dialogue between the publics. In this case the terms of the Karabakh settlement, let it be 3 or 30 years, becomes not so important. The security zone and the actual front line can be maintained until they become unnecessary. May be it seems fantastic but I do not see any other way of settlement at present. I do not think that the leaders of the two states should dedicate their meetings to the search of a universal compromise. They have better improve the atmosphere of the Armenian-Azeri relations. For example, establishment of transport communication should precede the conflict settlement," the Russian analyst said.

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