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A conference entitled “Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: current state and prospects” was held at King’s College London with the organization of the University of Birmingham Research Group on the Caucasus and Central Asia, the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, POLSIS, College of Social Sciences, University of Birmingham, in collaboration with the Department of War Studies.

The conference discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict which is one of the most complex and protracted ethno-territorial conflicts in the post-Soviet space.

It focused on the role of local and regional actors and the current political and academic discourses on the conflict. The conference brought together scholars, policy-makers and analysts with lengthy empirical and political experience of this turbulent region.

Ex- co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Jacques Faure, executive director of LINKS (Dialogue-Analysis-Research) Dennis Sammut highlighted the history and currents state of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as position of both sides.

Representative of Birmingham University Kamala Imranli made a presentation about Nagorno-Karabakh during the second session of the conference, stating that Nagorno Karabakh is the native Azerbaijani land.

Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions are under occupation of the Armenian armed forces for over two decades following a bloody war that sparked in early 1990s. OSCE-brokered peace negotiations to settle the conflict haven't been fruitful so far. Moreover, the Armenian side refuses to fulfill four UN resolutions on an unconditional withdrawal of the troops from Azerbaijan's occupied lands.
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