The fact that the Karabakh conflict still remains unresolved serves as a major obstacle for Europe’s diplomacy related to South Caucasus.
The statement came from Osman Elmaci, activist of the Netherlands Christian Democratic Party, former candidate for the European Parliament and political expert, while commenting remarks by former head of the Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the former head of the Swedish delegation to this organization Goran Lindblad that non-constructive policy pursued by Armenia undermines peace and stability in the region.
'The European diplomats keep a close eye on developments and they now see the key reason for the unresolved conflict in Armenia. More and more people will begin to think like Goran Lindblad. We say this at every meeting that Armenia should be put more pressure in a bid to achieve breakthrough in the conflict resolution. Armenia feels very calm as long as it faces a soft attitude and refuses to abandon occupation policy,' Elmaci added.
The expert said the unresolved conflict encourages views about increased threat of a war in Europe.
'The latest “The Military Balance 2011” report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in the United Kingdom showed whom the military balance favors. In addition, the unresolved conflict serves as a major obstacle for Europe’s Caucasus policy. Politicians like Goran Lindblad already admit this,' Elmaci noted.
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