The Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement has activated recently. However Baku doesn't wish to hear about any kind of compromise stating that Azerbaijan's participation in the talks is the greatest concession. The opinion of the opposite side is always interesting. PanARMENIAN.Net requested Azeri political scientist Zardusht Alizade to comment on the Armenian-Azeri relations and the situation in the region.

The International Crisis Group (ICG) new report titled Conflict Resolution in the South Caucasus: The EU's Role says that "With its reputation as an "honest broker", access to a range of soft and hard power tools, and the lure of greater integration into Europe, the EU has a greater role to play, and offers added value to compliment the UN and the OSCE. To avoid instability on its borders, the EU seeks a ring of well-governed countries around it," the ICG believes. At the instance of PanARMENIAN.Net, Chair of the Standing Commission for Defense and Security of the Supreme Council of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in 1992-1995, Chairman of Tradition NGO Valery Balayan comments on the ICG new report.