YEREVAN. - The 2011 was unprecedented in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, Armenian MP, secretary of the Prosperous Armenia Party parliamentary group Aram Safaryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

According to the MP, during this period Russia showed unprecedented activity in the framework of OSCE Minsk Group on Karabakh settlement and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev did try to make some moves in finding a resolution for the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict.

“However Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents’ meeting in Kazan failed as at the last moment Azerbaijan’s President Aliev behaved unpredictably. Azerbaijan proposed additional preconditions which were new in the negotiation process. Those proposals had not been reviewed on a diplomatic level and were also unacceptable for Armenia,” Safaryan said.

The MP also mentioned that the latest session of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly which took place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, during which after an interval of 6 years the session was dedicated to the settlement of the Karabakh conflict.

“That also was a major event, as it showed that OSCE Parliament Assembly is ready to pay its contribution to the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. Currently the interested parties search new ideas and approaches in order the move the negotiation process from a dead point. In that context the OSCE MG co-chairs must make additional efforts,” he said.

According to Safaryan’s forecast, in 2012 France will show activity in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict.