VK asked director of the Yerevan Globalization Analysis Center, Stepan Grigoryan, to say some words about the results of the year 2011 for the Caucasus.
"It's hard to discuss the Caucasus as a specific region. The Caucasus has a very complicated structure. We see several countries that differ greatly from one another," the expert says. "Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia constitute the first group of countries, Russia and Armenia - the second."
"The main problem for the whole region is the never-ending conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh," Stepanyan explains.
"One the one hand, there is no actual war, on the other, there is no progress in peace talks either," he adds.
"Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia are enhancing their ties. Russia and Armenia are also trying to improve cooperation with each other," the expert says.
Speaking about possible progress in Azerbaijani-Armenian peace talks, Grigoryan says that he believes Russia will come up with some new propositions.
Stepan Grigoryan on the year 2011
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