'Mutual trust should be created on par with political resolution of Karabakh conflict', said Armenian political scientist Stepan Grigoryan.
Azerbaijan and Armenia should adopt measures to raise mutual trust to facilitate the resolution of the Karabakh problem, Stepan Grigoryan said.
'There is a need to raise trust to improve the strained atmosphere between us and this process must go on par with the political resolution of the Karabakh conflict', Grigoryan said speaking at the third forum on security in the South Caucasus held in Baku.
He called the visit to the Armenian church in Baku to be one of such positive steps.
'This is also a kind of a measure of trust, upon arriving home I will certainly speak of what I have seen. This is what is dear to Armenians and is under protection of the Azerbaijani state. Certainly, such an attitude speaks in Azerbaijan’s favor', he said.
According to the political scientist, raising measures of trust must occur along with such political steps on the resolution of the Karabakh conflict as transforming the document on Karabakh at the OSCE summit in Astana into the framework agreement on the conflict.
Grigoryan also said the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border will reduce Armenia’s dependence on Russia and facilitate the Karabakh resolution.
'Unfortunately, not everything depends on us, there are external factors, primarily Russia. For the resolution of existing problems, there is a need to minimize the influence of external factors, which means to open the Armenian-Turkish border', he said.
The expert said he sees the future of the South Caucasus countries in integration with the Euroatlantic space.
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