RIA Novosti has held a round-table conference on the two years of conflict in Syria. The disorders that had started on March 15, 2011, have caused deaths of over 70,000 people. Millions were forced to leave homes and over a million left the country.
Vitaly Naumkin, Director of the Institute for Oriental Studies of the RAS, said that 400-600 Syrian refugees had moved to Nagorno-Karabakh.
He reminded that opposition was demanding resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before any peaceful dialogues would start.
The conflict in Syria had impact on Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. Further violence may cause collapse of the country and society and threatens regional security.
