Leading world media outlets commented on the result of Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents’ talks noting that the sides failed to reach agreements.

It is mentioned that despite great expectations from three-hour long Kazan meeting the sides failed to approve the basic principles of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement. Many experts share the opinion that the meeting was a good chance to achieve small progress.

“The summit in Kazan was seen as the best chance there has been in a decade of negotiations for the two sides to reach agreement on a set of principles that diplomats and analysts hope would prevent a potential slide back to war,” the Wall Street Journal writes.

Analytics of the Associate Press agency consider the Armenian and Azerbaijani President face domestic pressure not to compromise. However, the countries also have been eager to overcome the consequences of the war.

Media outlets recall that U.S. President Barack Obama and French leader Nicolas Sarkzoy urged the sides to reach agreement on the eve of the meeting.

“Each side has been stepping up its threats toward the other recently, to the alarm of Russian, American and European officials who have no desire to see an escalation of the fighting in a region close to Georgia, Iran and the Caspian oil fields,” writes the Washington Post.

The newspaper quotes expert for Caucasus Thomas de Waal who considers that “time is beginning to run out on Medvedev’s initiative.”