The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan met with Russian mediators this month and signed a declaration for a peaceful resolution to the problem.

According to Alexander Iskandarian, director of the Caucasus Institute, one should not attribute great meaning to the declaration. "No great improvement should be expected in Nagorno-Karabakh in the short term," he said.

"The Russia-Georgia conflict disturbed Azerbaijan, it understood that it cannot not solve this problem militarily. In this sense Georgia set an example," Iskandarian said.