Analyst: Problems of Armenia and Azerbaijan are not limited to  Karabakh

ArmInfo.The problems of Armenia and Azerbaijan are by no means limited to Karabakh. Sergey Markedonov is the leading researcher at the Euro-Atlantic Security Center of the MGIMO Institute for International Studies, expressed this opinion at  the international "Caucasus in the 21st Century" conference organized  by the Caucasus Institute in Yerevan.

"We see that the conflict is not limited to Nagorno Karabakh  exclusively, it is an Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. And the  situation with delimitation and demarcation of borders is another  confirmation of this.  There are certain problems in the direction of  Nakhijevan, Tavush region and, of course, the section of the  Goris-Kapan highway. After all, the geography of the conflict spots  in the 1980s and early 1990s were the Shahumyan region, Khanlar,  Martunashen, Getashen, and those regions were not part of Karabakh.

And when the same West begins to actively address this topic - this  is also not Karabakh," he stressed. in the analyst's opinion, the  conflict over Karabakh,  is also not over. And despite the generally  understandable logic of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev,  repeatedly declaring the end of the Karabakh conflict, the conflict  is not over, if only because its end will be a peaceful agreement,  more or less legitimate in the two societies.  

In this light, he noted discontent in connection with the statement  of November 9, 2020, not only in Armenia, but also in Azerbaijan,  whose society did not fully accept the results of the war. "In this  regard, a protest wave has risen in Armenia. At the same time, in  Baku, in terms of publicly expressing discontent, the situation is  more complicated.  The sentiments of society can be judged by the  posts and comments on social networks: "Victory was stolen from us",  "We were not allowed to take Stepanakert", "Why are foreign soldiers  on our territory?" etc. ", he stressed.  

The analyst also reminded that not only Armenia, but also the  co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group insists on the need to clarify the  status of Nagorno-Karabakh. Consequently, it is meaningless, to talk  about the resolution of the conflict before the resolution of the  status issue. Forecasting a decrease in the significance of the  Karabakh issue in public perception over time due to the change of  generations, the analyst determined this with new priorities of new  generations. "We cannot say that all the problems have been resolved.   But the central, fundamental part of Karabakh will be omitted"  Markedonov summed up.