YEREVAN. – The Karabakh conflict is long-term and, conceptually, it does not differ from any ethno-political conflict in the world.

Armenia-based Caucasus Institute Deputy Director, political analyst Sergey Minasyan noted the aforesaid at a press conference on Monday.

In Minasyan’s view, what happened on the Armenian-Azerbaijani Line of Contact in early August is tragic on the one hand, yet very good on the other hand.

“I also have heard on March 3, 2008, the talks that this incident was the worst since [the ceasefire agreement in] 1994. Such incidents occurred in Summer 2011, too.

“After every such incident, the price of war becomes clear for all parties to the conflict. Everyone realizes that all those threats, the developments in the politico-military domain not always correspond to reality,” the analyst noted.

Sergey Minasyan added that the Karabakh conflict is linked to complex concepts such as the creation of a national state, grand geopolitics, and democratic process.