The Islamic world surrounding Armenia can be divided into two groups. By the way, we have considered only those countries, which have the chances and the potential to become regional leaders not only within the confines of the Great Near East, but also in the entire Southwestern Asia. Thus, if we divide the potential leaders into groups, the following picture is obtained: Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on the one hand, Iran, Syria and Egypt - on the other. Division into two groups is conditional and reflects the attitude of these states towards Armenia.

The successive meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Prague once again was unproductive. Such was, at least, the impression of the statements, which as always, were filled with on-duty, non-committal phrases. In a word, no "breakthrough" occurred. Nevertheless, Mathew Bryza as always stayed true to himself and again said inopportunely that "an agreement on the Basic Principles was achieved", which immediately caused sharp reaction in Stepanakert.