Karabakh conflict not among priorities of German OSCE chairmanship
European expert Matthias Dornfeld thinks that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will not be a main priority of the German OSCE chairmanship 2016, but the "frozen conflict" in the post-soviet space will be surely on Berlin´s political agenda.
"Of course, the "frozen conflict" in the post-soviet space will be surely on Berlin´s political agenda," Dornfeld, the chairman of European Institute for Caucasus and Caspian Studies in Berlin, told Trend on November 30.
Other experts believe during its OSCE chairmanship, Germany will focus on the situation around Syria, as well as the migrant crisis in Europe.
More than 220,000 people were killed during an armed conflict in Syria.
Belgrade will host a meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in early December. The chairmanship will be transferred from Serbia to Germany.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
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