ArmInfo. The main issue is the fate of Nagorno-Karabakh, everything else is derived from the conflict. The former co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Vladimir  Kazimirov said this on December 1 at a meeting of the ''Lazarev Club'' in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. The newly  appointed OSCE Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Rudolf  Michalka, assured that he would try to do everything for the OSCE to  increase its efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.  Michalka said this during a meeting with the chairman of the Milli  Majlis (parliament) of Azerbaijan, Ogtay Asadov.

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ArmInfo. NATO is ready to assist in the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by peaceful means. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said during the spring  session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Warsaw, answering the  question of member of the Azerbaijani delegation Malahat Ibrahimgizi.

ArmInfo.The leadership of Azerbaijan has the illusion that a compromise can only be from Armenia and Artsakh, and that, for this reason, the status quo does not change. This was stated in an interview with Izvestia by the third president of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan.

ArmInfo. There are no elections in Azerbaijan, there is no opposition, and this is the country where political rhetoric is liquidated. This April 11 at a press conference  said the director of the Institute "Caucasus" Alexander Iskandaryan.

ArmInfo.The settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will contribute significantly to the overall security and stability in the region. This was stated in the interview to the magazine "UN Special" by the Armenian Ambassador to Switzerland and Armenia's Permanent Representative to the UN Headquarters Charles Aznavour. The interview was timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Switzerland, and RA membership in the UN.

ArmInfo. The regional interests of superpowers prevail over their interest in the resolution of the Karabakh conflict, "says Carnegie Europe Senior Researcher Europe Thomas de Waal.

ArmInfo. The UK continues to resolutely and actively contribute to the achievement of a peaceful Karabakh settlement within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group and on the basis of the "Madrid principles," Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Armenia Judith Farnworth is convinced.

ArmInfo. "I do not think there will be any progress in the Karabakh issue in the near future, since neither Turkey nor Azerbaijan are interested in the settlement of the  Karabakh issue at the moment." The head of the Hay Dat office and political issues of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau Kiro Manoyan told a press conference on March 2.

ArmInfo. On 20 February President Bako Sahakyan sent a congratulatory address on the Artsakh Revival Day.  The address runs as follows:  " Dear compatriots!  On  behalf of the Artsakh authorities and personally myself I extend the  most heartfelt congratulations to you on the Artsakh Revival Day.  30  years have passed since the day when our people stood up jointly and  unanimously, voicing their determination to struggle for human rights  protection.

ArmInfo.In 2018, Russia will continue the course aimed at equipping the Eurasian space. The head of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy of Russia, director for  scientific work of the Valdai Club, Fyodor Lukyanov, expressed his opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. In the situation developing in the Greater Middle East, the possibility of a terrorist war in the South Caucasus is much more likely than a full-scale war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

ArmInfo. Joining the Council of Europe, Armenia undertook to settle the Karabakh conflict exclusively by peaceful action. This was stated by the President of  Armenia Serzh Sargsyan from the rostrum of the Parliamentary Assembly  of the Council of Europe.

ArmInfo. Armenia has undertaken to resolve the Karabakh conflict only peacefully, RA President Serzh Sargsyan said from the rostrum of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. According to him, Armenia will use its influence on Artsakh to promote a peaceful resolution of the conflict. Serzh Sargsyan also urged the PACE to prevent, as far as possible, biased statements from the rostrum of the structure to preserve fragile security in the conflict zone. "Artsakh continues to build a democratic state based on the protection of human rights, and Armenia renders full support to Stepanakert on this path. In Europe, there should be no gray areas when it comes to the protection of human rights," the Armenian leader said. Presenting the genesis of the Karabakh conflict, Sargsyan stressed that Baku at one time tried to expel Armenians from their historical places of residence. Further, he focused on the need to respect the ceasefire. "Settlement should be peaceful, and we need to overcome the shortage of justice," the president said, stressing that regardless of his further political plans he will always be at the forefront in the protection of Artsakh's right to self-determination. Sargsyan again noted that the OSCE Minsk Group is the only negotiated format at the international level. He also recalled the Azeri aggression in April 2016, which was characterized by violations of international humanitarian law, stressing that Baku is not ready for a compromise. "This was a strong blow to the talks, which awoke the terrible memories of Sumgait," the Armenian leader summed up.

ArmInfo. A compromise on Karabakh should be courageous, - French President Emmanuel Macron said during a meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in  France on a working visit.

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan will not be allowed to unleash another war around Karabakh with substantially reduced financial resources and Turkey. Anatoly Tsyganok, director of the Military Forecasting Center of the Institute for Political and Military Analysis (Moscow), expressed this opinion to ArmInfo. "The agreement on the ceasefire from 1994 as a whole will be observed not least because of a significant reduction in the financial revenues of Azerbaijan.I can say that the purchase of new types of weapons, in contrast to past years, has already become a significant problem for Baku," he said. According to the report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), only in 2015 Baku allocated 18% for military articles - up to $ 5 billion of all budget allocations. More than 85% of weapons Azerbaijan continues to import from Russia. According to unofficial data, during the years of Azerbaijan's independence, Moscow supplied weapons worth $ 12 billion to the country-participant of the Karabakh conflict. As a second factor in curbing the militancy of Baku regime, the military expert points out the lack of interest in the new Karabakh aggravation of Turkey. In this issue, according to his estimates, Ankara's position is consonant with the position of its temporary, but an ally in the person of Moscow. "Russia and Turkey will not want to spoil relations over Karabakh, it is unprofitable for the Kremlin or Ankara, these two countries will not simply allow Baku to initiate new military actions, which is why it is not necessary to predict the repetition of the April 2016 provocation in the near future. Despite periodic escalations on the line of contact, the ceasefire agreement will continue to be observed, in general, "the Tsyganok summed up. The OSCE Minsk Group has been dealing with the settlement of the Karabakh conflict since 1992, represented by the co-chairs from Russia, the United States and France. Currently, the settlement process is based on the Madrid Principles put forward by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in 2007 and the updated Madrid Principles in 2009, including, among other things, the deployment of a peacekeeping contingent in the conflict zone.

ArmInfo.No progress is forecasted if not by 100%, by 99%, Alexander Iskandaryan, the Director of Caucasus Institute expressed such an opinion to the journalists in Yerevan. 

ArmInfo.According to the Foreign Ministry of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, the leader of the "Ethnos" newspaper, was interviewed by the Greek newspaper "Non - compromising, the maximalist position of Baku."