South Caucasus region actually non-existent yet - expert 

ArmInfo. Today, the South Caucasus region effectively ceases to exist. Political scientist and Director of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan stated this at the annual international conference "Orbeli Forum: Building Peace and Multilateral Cooperation," while discussing the prospects for multilateral cooperation in the South Caucasus region.

As evidence, he noted that today he can easily buy a ticket and fly  to Brazil, but he cannot do the same in Azerbaijan. "And the problem  here lies not only in visas, but also in psychological and social  aspects. This problem has existed for at least 30 years, but in the  last five years, the situation has begun to change. In particular,  after the 44-day war, after the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war,  after the forced displacement of the entire Artsakh population. All  of these factors have had an impact on the region," Iskandaryan  added.

According to the expert, for the region to fully develop and exist as  such, it must stop viewing it through the prism of conflicts between  countries and instead perceive it in a broader context. This, in  turn, as Iskandaryan assured, will lead to the emergence of  opportunities for cooperation and the implementation of a peace  agenda. "If you look at the region from Washington, it exists, it's  there. But in Yerevan and Baku, the picture is completely different.  The region is shaped by people and is not an objective reality. That  is, the problem lies in the perception of the region as such. If this  perception changes, perhaps in a few years, people will be able to  move freely to other countries without the need for international  organizations like the UN or the EU," the political scientist  concluded.