The Nagorno Karabakh conflict has been much spoken about recently. 2006 was declared the "year of final deal". In this view the opinion of a person, who was in Stepanakert at the very beginning of the conflict and is well aware of the history and development of the opposition between Nagorno Karabakh is important. PanARMENIAN.Net requested chief of the staff of the investigation-operation group of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Region in 1900-1991 and presently President of the Society of Friendship and Cooperation with Armenia Victor Krivopuskov to answer a number of questions.

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.