Կիրակոսյանը կարծում է, որ Ռուսաստանը շահագործում է չլուծված կոնֆլիկտը` իր ազդեցությունն ամրապնդելու համար:
Հակամարտությունների հետազոտությամբ զբաղվող Քրիստիան Կոլտերը չի կարծում, թե Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի հարցի լուծումը կարող է կարգավորվել խաղաղ ճանապարհով: Ըստ նրա` Մադրիդյան սկզբունքները միմյանց հակասող են և մտավախություն ունի, որ գործնականում շատ հնավարություններ չեն մնացել:
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An apparent Russian attempt to use energy supplies to force Armenia, one of its closest allies, to choose membership of the Customs Union over closer association with the EU, appears to have failed. With a hike in the price of Russian gas coming into effect, Yerevan said it's looking at alternative suppliers like Iran and holding talks on the sale of its largest hydroelectric power plants to a US company.
http://www.bne.eu/story5073/Armenia_snubs_Russia_after_gas_price_hike
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Of all the international players involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the EU has good reason to be concerned over the threat the conflict represents for regional stability and security, which is not in the least related to the energy and transport corridors the EU is heavily invested in.
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Brussels based think-tank European Policy Centre (EPC) hosted a conference titled 'Nagorno-Karabakh and the role of the EU'.
http://www.news.az/articles/politics/80566
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The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia poses a significant threat to the security of the South Caucasus and beyond, including related to energy and transport infrastructure. The EU, which has slowly upgraded its relations with the region over the past decade, still remains very much a peripheral player, seemingly content with supporting the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group and financing a number of confidence and peace-building projects. However, with the EU being one of the most ‘neutral’ external powers involved in the region, and having made conflict resolution a priority of both its European Neighbourhood Policy and Eastern Partnership, there would seem to be scope for the EU to take on a greater role. In these two Policy Briefs, Zaur Shiriyev and Richard Giragosian offer an Azerbaijani and Armenian perspective on the role of the EU in the Nagorno-Karabakh, while also coming up with a number of concrete recommendations for further engagement.
http://www.epc.eu/pub_details.php?cat_id=3&pub_id=3587
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