Researcher of the Geography Department of Moscow State University, specialist of political geography Alexander Lukyanov said that no drastic changes will be recorded around the Karabakh conflict in the near future.

“There will be maneuvering around the negotiation process, but there will be no real actions for the conflict settlement,” Lukyanov said.

He noted that large-scale hostilities are undesirable and unreal in 2011.

“A war will lead to unjustified losses. It is better to solve the matter peacefully. Besides, stability in the South Caucasus is much more advantageous for international actors, than hostilities. There is no indifference of the West, it just does not conceive the ways for the Karabakh conflict resolution. All this recalls the Middle East conflict, when all the attempts of the West have failed. The Karabakh conflict, in contrast to the Palestinian one, does not affect the West’s interests. As for Russia, the attempts to intensify its policy in Caucasus are linked to escalation of tension at the entire Caucasus, first of all, at the Northern Caucasus. That’s why Moscow is continuously looking for schemes guaranteeing stability in the region. At the same time, it is necessary to solve current problems in Caucasus. There is also the problem of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. As for the Karabakh conflict, it is at the periphery of Russia’s Caucasian policy and its interests in the region,” Day.Az quoted Lukyanov as saying.