Sergey Markedonov: "Karabakh conflict occupies the first place among all conflicts in the post-Soviet Eurasia"

The due announcement was made by Sergey Makedonov, chief of department of interethnic problems of the Institute of Political and Military Analysis and candidate of historical sciences.

He considers that Nagorno Karabakh has become an example for Georgia, Ossetia, Abhazia, Moldova and Transdniestria residents. "Second, there was a "karabakhization" of political life of Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Karabakh problem became a key time for both South Caucasus states. Any inner political event there undergoes checking by the Karabakh factor.

According to Swedish expert Svante Kornella, "by its geopolitical importance and the risk to transform into a war, covering the whole region, it obviously occupies the first place among all conflicts in the post-Soviet Europe. This is the only conflict, which was discussed with a certain ground as a conflict, bearing the threat of "the third world war", the Russian political scientist said.

He also noted that  Nagorno Karabakh conflict is the only conflict in the Caucasus, which involves two independent countries as main participants.

"Russia can be considered as a participant of the Abkhazian conflict, though not the major one, while Armenia is one of the two main participants in the Karabakh issue.

But the most important is that the conflict is close to three countries, each of which claims for a regional center of powers-Russia, Turkey and Iran. Turkey and Iran  considered their possible direct involvement into the conflict at different periods, which was resisted by Russia", Markedonov said.

/PanARMENIAN.Net/