Military intervention into Iran can affect Karabakh conflict resolution, said Guner Ozkan, expert on security issues in the Caucasus and Caspian regions with Ankara-based International Strategic Research Organization.

He said NATO’s possible intervention into Iran is much spoken of recently. “In case there is a military intervention into Iran, it will definitely affect the current developments in South Caucasus,” Ozkan noted.

In any case, Russia has its interest in Karabakh conflict settlement, he said. “If new conflicts emerge in this region, and they are directly linked to Russia, there will be progress in Karabakh conflict resolution; Russia does not want Karabakh conflict to be settled now because it wants to maintain control over South Caucasus,” Salamnews quoted the expert as saying.