Forecast: OSCE Minsk Group can achieve success only in case of  turning points of the USA and France

ArmInfo.The OSCE Minsk Group can achieve success only in the event of new, crucial steps by the US and France towards the final resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh  conflict. A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by Viktor  Nadein-Raevsky, a senior researcher at the Institute of World Economy  and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a  Turkologist.  

"Nevertheless, today I do not see the potential for  taking steps of this scale among these two co-chairing countries.  Meanwhile, the third co-chairing country, Russia, is promoting its  own agenda. Taking into account the suspension of bloodshed in  Karabakh, it is quite understandable for Russia," - he noted.

In this light, the Russian expert described the Moscow talks between  the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Russia Ara Ayvazyan and Sergey  Lavrov as part of the process within the framework of the above-  mentioned logic. According to him, the ministerial meetings held on  December 6-7 were held in a constructive, allied atmosphere. And  there were no tangible disagreements on their results.  Emphasizing  the idea of the importance of the Russian language, voiced at the  talks by the foreign ministers, Nadein-Raevsky described this factor  as far from accidental. According to him, Moscow demonstrates its own  readiness and disposition for constructive work towards ensuring the  security of Karabakh.

On the whole, the expert characterizes the stage in the  Armenian-Russian relations that began after the trilateral statement  of November 9 as more positive than the previous one. Nadein-Raevsky  explained the latter by the fact that the war was stopped according  to the Russian program. And the trilateral statement contained  references not only to the results of the war, but also to the basic  principles of settlement.  "I regard the statement by Russian Foreign  Minister Lavrov about the forced adoption of the trilateral statement  by all interested parties as a hint of the reluctance of some of the  mediating countries to accept it.  Moreover, attempts to oppose its  implementation. In general, I assess the talks between the foreign  ministers as a normal, working conversation without interlinear text.  Everything was clear and understandable. Visible differences  manifested themselves only in the ministers' vision of the further  work of the OSCE Minsk Group, "the Russian expert summed up