Any breakthrough in the Karabakh peace process can be expected only at the OSCE summit in Astana, Alexander Rahr, Director of the Berthold Beitz Center for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Central Asia, German Council on Foreign Relations, told NEWS.am.

He noted probably there will be a declarative statement calling on the sides to find ways to resolve the Karabakh conflict, as world community cannot turn the scale in favor of certain party. “The trilateral meeting in Astrakhan showed commitment of the sides to continuation of peace talks, but unfortunately they are not ready for mutual compromise,” the expert stressed, adding that presently world community is inclined to maintaining the status quo in the Karabakh conflict zone.

The only way to resolve the Karabakh conflict under present circumstances is to grant sovereignty to Nagorno-Karabakh, Rahr noted. “It is hard to say when it will happen, as at the moment the sides have uncompromising positions. It is difficult to forecast when they will change their stances for the final settlement,” the expert noted.