YEREVAN. – The greatest achievement of Monday’s trilateral meeting in Sochi, Russia, was the securing of the continuity of the Karabakh peace talks, Caucasus Institute Deputy Director, political analyst Sergey Minasyan said during a press conference on Tuesday.

“The peace talks will continue, and the danger of war is losing its influence as a resource. The conflicting parties will work toward minimizing the ceasefire violation incidents at the line of contact, and finding avenues for humanitarian contacts,” the political analyst maintained. He also forecasted that the OSCE Minsk Group format will continue, and Russia will try to show a greater interest, toward the problem’s solution, than the other Minsk Group co-chairing countries.    

“This meeting is the end of the Medvedev cycle, but Russia will try to be more active in the peace talks, and, moreover, Russia is interested that no war breaks out. Whoever becomes Russia’s president, he would hardly show as much interest, in the conflict’s settlement, as Dmitry Medvedev,” the analyst argued.       

In Sergey Minasyan’s words, as a result of making threats of war more often than before, Azerbaijan fell into a trap because, instead of the peace talks, the maintenance of peace became important for the international community.   

To note, within the framework of the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, the presidents of Armenia, Russia, and Azerbaijan held a trilateral meeting in Sochi, Russia, on Monday, and upon the initiative of the Russian president. And as a result of the meeting, the presidents issued a joint statement.