The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not likely to be settled within the next decade, the European Union analysts stated in a report entitled Global Trends 2030, RFE/RL informs. 

The experts noted that the deepening of Armenia’s and Azerbaijan’s ties with the EU and the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations could pave the way for resolving the Karabakh issue.  

“The Karabakh issue is more difficult than South Ossetia and Abkhazia, because several regional players are engaged here,” the analysts said and added: “Russia manifests a great will to resolve it, but the bilaterally growing unprecedented radicalization shows that the outside powers’ efforts are limited in terms of advancing the settlement.” 

At the same time, the EU experts stress that the resolution of the Karabakh conflict could have an enormous positive impact on the political and economic growth in the Caucasus.     

And with respect to the likely developments in the next twenty years, the EU analysts predict that Turkey could have a greater impact on the international scene, but it must first meet several challenges, including a response to the demands and rights of the Armenians and the Kurds.