Paul Stronski, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, is convinced of the need for a more operative solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict. Speaking at Saturday’s First Armenian-American Political Science Forum, Stronski stressed the need to pay more attention to the reconciliation of the parties to this conflict.

The American analyst stressed that being a person who has been studying the region for 30 years, today he notices the same trends as 30 years ago. Stronski added that he understands why this is so, given what has happened in these territories and what Armenia has been through over the past few years. However, he is convinced that the settlement of the Karabakh conflict must be actively pursued, and a delay in this settlement does not contribute to the establishment of peace, but reduces the impact of the ceasefire.

The analyst noted that the US continues to support the OSCE Minsk Group. But Stronski added that he does not say this as a government official, but as an American citizen who studies the region.

Paul Stronski expressed a conviction that, at the moment, the OSCE Minsk Group is the only available—and more or less objective—format of Karabakh negotiations.