YEREVAN. – Armenia and Azerbaijan need to designate one special adviser, each, on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, and who can meet on a regular basis.

British analyst Thomas de Waal, a senior associate at the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment, specializing primarily in the South Caucasus region, noted the above-said at a press conference on Monday.

As per De Waal, it is certainly good that the meetings of the Armenian and the Azerbaijani presidents have resumed.

“[But] I hope that there will also be a meeting with the three [OSCE Minsk Group] co-chairs [from the US, Russia, and France], since the last two meetings [of the presidents] have taken place without them.

“But in my opinion, there are many unresolved matters, and the confidence is so low that a more serious process is needed with the participation of experts from both sides,” the analyst noted.

He stressed that, at present, mere two or three persons in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Azerbaijan professionally deal with this matter, and this number is very small.

“A whole group of people must deal with serious issues. There are many questions that need to be resolved. And that’s why I welcome the Swiss proposal on constructive negotiations, so that not solely the presidents hold meetings twice a month, but more serious talks are conducted,” Thomas de Waal stated.

He added that hopes should not be pinned solely on the three co-chairs, and that now a format of direct talks is required.