To alleviate tensions in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, different variants to move forward are needed, without destroying the process that has been lasting for the past 17 years, according to Lawrence Scott Sheets, South Caucasus Project Director for the International Crisis Group.

“Alternatives and new approaches should be sought for,” Sheets said, warning that resumption of hostilities can grow into a regional conflict.

“Russia and Armenia are strategic allies on the one hand. Turkey and Azerbaijan are closely cooperating in defense sector. As for Iran, it has a common borders both with Armenia ands Azerbaijan,” he said.