The international community must ensure a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, US Congress member Ted Poe told Voice of America Armenian service.

He noted that France, the US, and Russia had earlier agreed to resolve this problem, and in his view, they need to fulfill their respective commitment.

In the congressmen’s words, Russia is not sufficiently interested in the settlement of this conflict, whereas the US and Europe need to be more actively involved in achieving a settlement.

Poe added France, the US, and Russia should combine their efforts and settle the problem in an equitable way for everyone.

But according to analyst Joshua Walker of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the current US administration is trying not to partake in new international initiatives in the lead-up the forthcoming  presidential election in the country.

As per Walker, however, at the same time Washington has adopted an approach that if the situation grows worse, you need to move forward, instead of reacting to the events that already have occurred.

In the analyst’s words, Russia’s actions with respect to the Karabakh conflict need to be balanced with the actions by the West.

According to Walker, however, Moscow cannot put serious pressure on Yerevan, yet it is another matter that Russia is not interested in a final settlement of the conflict.

As for the present-day situation, when the escalation of the Karabakh conflict is the only way to draw international attention, the analyst is convinced that this needs to change.

In Joshua Walker’s view, the sole option to resolve this conflict is the political path, and the only question is what can be done—during the next six months—to come out of the current impasse.