BAKU. – Aside from short-term steps toward weakening tension around the Karabakh conflict, different options and alternatives for progress need to be discussed, but at the same time without damaging the process which is continuing for already seventeen years, Lawrence Sheets, the South Caucasus Project Director for the International Crisis Group stated, APA news agency reported.

“The current status quo is unstable for a long-term prospect. Unfortunately, we did not see a breakthrough [at the Kazan Summit] while the process that is continuing within the framework of the [OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)] Minsk Group slowed down considerably,” Sheets noted. 

Also, the expert expressed a concern that resumption of military operations could turn into a full-scale regional conflict. 

In addition, as per Lawrence Sheets, it is also necessary to consider the fact that the two sides now have larger quanti