YEREVAN. - Non-resuming of the military actions in the zone of the Karabakh conflict is one of the main issues of the OSCE Minsk group co-chairs, deputy director of the Caucasus Institute Sergey Minasyan said at a press conference on Monday commenting on the negotiation process on the eve of the pre-election period and on the outcome of the statement by OSCE MG co-chairs about the meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents.

According to him, intensity in the conflict line has been reduced recently. It is conditioned by the fact that Azerbaijan was persuaded in the equality of the powers with Armenia after the military parade in Yerevan and the intentions of great states that do not accept the possibility of resuming the military actions.

In response to the report on possible high-level meeting of the two states [Armenia and Azerbaijan] in the near future, the expert said that theoretically it is possible. However, those meetings will aim to continue the existing process but not to achieve any progressive results in concluding a document. Besides, the expert stated that some of the co-chair states try to press either of the sides and progress may be recorded in this context.

Regarding the shift of the OSCE MG leading role from Russia to France, Minasyan did not exclude such possibility.