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Former Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick said he sees no evidence of the current U.S. administration’s interest in the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh.

His remark came during the panel discussion “Frozen Conflicts and the Kremlin’s Agenda” that was hosted by Atlantic Council.

“There is interest in Moscow in supporting confidence building measures. The US government needs to engage in that. The last administration began that, but I see no evidence in this administration of any interest in Nagorno-Karabakh,” he said, adding that the current representative to the OSCE Minsk Group at least deserves to have a personal rank of the ambassador.

James Warlick said he would like to see U.S., Russia and France to working collaboratively on things that can be achieved now: people-to-people contacts and confidence building measures.

“I do think there is an opportunity to begin discussion of what peacekeeping force would look like,” he added.

When asked whether Russian peacekeepers could be a part of possible peacekeeping force, Warlick explained that there was a kind of gentlemen’s agreement that he believes had never been captured in any document. The OSCE Minsk Group agreed that there would be no peacekeepers from the three co-chairing countries or neighboring countries, he explained.

Former co-chair believes that in case of Karabakh conflict, it is not within Moscow's power alone to resolve the conflict. Unlike perhaps other conflicts, Russia and U.S. have some common interest in Karabakh, that is unstable situation and military engagement is not in the interest of both countries.

“A kind of settlement that Lavrov suggested is not that different from the kind of settlement we would have if we sit down and write an agreement,” he said.

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