Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk group Igor Popov doubts that Nagorno Karabakh conflict can be settled in the near future. Sabina Freiser, the Director of the International Crisis Group's European programs stated in her Twitter that Popov told her this.

“I don’t think Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be settled in the near future,” Freiser quotes the OSCE MG Co-Chair as saying. “Yet we have some good news from Popov as well. The important thing is that the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are friendly. The atmosphere is Sochi was wonderful,” she concluded.