ArmInfo.There is no strategy on Karabakh conflict settlement for the current moment, there are only attempts to prevent military actions. The situation of not war not peace will continue in the near future, Alexander Iskandaryan, Caucasus Institute director, political expert expressed such an opinion during the press conference.
The expert is sure that now there is no way to resolve the conflict through the Madrid principles. This is due, in the first place, to the unstable domestic political situation in Azerbaijan, the struggle of elites, and the complexity of the economic situation. At the same time, the expert supposed that the repetition of the April actions of the previous year in the near future is hardly probable, since Azerbaijan lacks military capabilities. "However, it is possible that after a while, Baku will again try to restart combat actions in Nagorno-Karabakh, but the balance of power over the previous year has significantly changed in favor of the NKR," Iskandaryan stressed, He also noted that the escalation, started during recent years at the boundary can be characterized as average by its power. According to Iskandaryan, conflict escalation in February 2017 was much more important.
The expert also supposed that the escalation at the conflict zone in a certain extent is related to the appointment to the post of Vice-President Azerbaijani First Lady Mehriban Alieva. However, her appointment is, to a large extent, caused by the struggle of elites within the country and desire to strengthen the position of the ruling clan.