Thursday, October 22 2020 12:42

ArmInfo.The resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict appears to be one of the potential priorities of the United States in Eurasia. A similar opinion was  expressed to ArmInfo by Sergey Markedonov, a leading researcher at  the Center for Euro-Atlantic Security of the Institute for  International Studies at MGIMO.

"This is evidenced by the latest statement by the US presidential  candidate from the Democratic Party Joe Biden. So if earlier his  statements on the Karabakh theme were limited to calls for the  parties to the conflict to ceasefire, on October 14, Biden accused  the current administration of being passive. mediation and monitoring  of the situation, voiced by Donald Trump on the second day after the  start of the war in Karabakh, "he stressed.

On October 22, Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan left for  the United States on a working visit, during which he is scheduled to  meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a number of high-  ranking officials. On October 21, the Armenian Foreign Minister met  in Moscow with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Meanwhile, in  Biden's speech, according to the Russian analyst, a number of harsh  assessments were voiced, in particular, about the inadmissibility of  allowing Azerbaijan and Turkey to resolve issues through military  escalation. In parallel, the democrat in a separate case mentioned  the areas around the former NKAO, in fact referring to the approaches  within the framework of the "updated Madrid principles" of 2009.

Thus, the Russian analyst views the statement of candidate Biden as a  definite application for the activation of US policy in the  post-Soviet space. According to his forecasts, in case of victory in  the upcoming presidential elections, the US Democratic Administration  will work towards overcoming the consequences of the isolationist  policies of its predecessors.

"However, I do not think that such a change in US foreign policy  priorities and their alignment will have a beneficial effect on the  process of improving relations between Moscow and Washington. The  settlement of the Karabakh conflict until recently remained a unique  point of absence of a tough clash of Russian and American interests.  in the event of a change in the owner of the Oval Office, competition  may arise between the United States and Russia in this matter,  "Markedonov predicts.