  Expert: current balance of forces in South Caucasus hampers Karabakh conflict resolution May 23, 2011 - 15:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of Caucasus Department at the CIS Institute Mikhail Alexandrov said that the Karabakh conflict cannot be solved under the current balance of forces in the world and South Caucasus. “The only variant for the conflict settlement may appear after a considerable weakening of the West, NATO’s collapse and withdrawal of the U.S. from Eurasia,” Alexandrov told a press conference in Yerevan, adding that there is such prospect. “We see that NATO is indeed in a very difficult situation, the European Union is bulging at the seams, and even the Schengen Agreement is endangered,” said Alexandrov. According to him, all this is related to the global financial crisis.   Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine  Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets.Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty.Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities.Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |
