Information on certain “Saint Petersburg Principles” allegedly proposed by RF President Dmitry Medvedev during the trilateral meeting is interesting. The following events – an unexpected departure of Azerbaijani President, incident in Karabakh - can be connected with certain proposals by Russia, Andrey Areshev, the Deputy Director General, Russian Strategic Culture Foundation, told NEWS.am.

He notes that, according to news headlines, it is obvious the world powers do not reach consensus on the resolution of Karabakh conflict. Unplanned activity of one side might be a consequence of others’ actions.

The expert pointed out the much-talked-of prediction of the head of U.S. intelligence service Dennis Blair about possible new war the terms of which concurred with Russia’s mediation mission that one again confirms that resolution of Karabakh conflict is far from its end.

Areshev does not rule out the deployment of peacekeepers in Karabakh under certain conditions. The peacekeepers cannot be deployed on a ‘powder keg”. The sides should agree on basic principles, namely, non-use of force, demilitarization of the conflict zone before the peacekeepers are deployed, he noted.

According to him, this issue should be agreed with all the conflicting parties and neighboring states.