ArmInfo.Everyone is obliged to contribute to the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said Executive Director of the London-based LINKS Research Center Dennis Sammut.
"The conflict must be resolved peacefully, and it became clear from the April events in 2016 that conflicts have very serious consequences: people must understand one thing: the war that may occur in 2017 will not be the same as it was in 1989." The weapons of both sides are of great destructive power. The peaceful solution corresponds first and foremost to the needs of people directly affected by the conflict. This position, refugees and internally displaced persons should return to their homes. We should try to make this happen. proposals regarding the settlement of the conflict. Our role, the role of a civil society is a contribution to the creation of conditions for the successful conduct of negotiations," the expert said, APA reports.
According to Sammut, measures to restore confidence are part of the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict and they must be adopted between states or groups that have problems with each other. "These measures were also taken during the Cold War between the US, NATO and the Soviet Union to clarify relations, which does not mean that we are not aware of what is happening in Nagorno-Karabakh and the daily losses on the contact line, which is why we are talking about confidence measures. This issue is being discussed with the aim of creating the conditions for conducting negotiations at the level of presidents and ministers, each of them can contribute in his own way to the settlement of this conflict," concluded Sammut.