and people of new go no karabakh did not agree with that decision but the soviet leaders replied that they did not have any borders between the states and they were only territorial administrative borders we all live on one country where the. president asks the conflict of the early hunting and his claim for thousands of alarms but even if after a ceasefire was reached in down to ninety four the death toll continued to rise last year we heard about several azerbaijani soldiers killed in border clashes what's going on a global. who was led to her version of what's important is that the cease fire signed the ninety ninety four and it has practically been maintained up to the present day certain incidents you've mentioned to actually take place to avoid them they were suggestions from the international community the o.s.c. a the cochairman of the miscreant supported by mania on undertaking measures to consolidate the cease fire put out the snipers from the line of contacts and then offered to reach agreement on the nonuse of force but fortunately as a big refuses to implement those propo

most concepts that that's what we can speak of solving the nagorno-karabakh conflict in terms of short term goals there is a huge bundle of contradictions about it but the issue of creating predictability in the region can be a short term goal first and foremost to make attempts to decrease the military factor and first of all the military factor millions in the occupation of territories about what i can assure you off was that it's impossible to preserve the current status quo but we are to do the utmost to find a way out of it with those. that are the victim of this set in a cube or two thousand and ten as a bridge on in armenia every sin agreement well an exchange of war prisoners and dead bodies was it who killed and beat them at the bow is still the question of course both the war prisoners and the dead bodies and there was a situation with his civilians who were exchanged in arms to thank russia for their assistance the president medvedev personally committed to the resolution of this issue and in the end we reached a compromise in the situation where is it let's get a can we cal

so, and the turkey-armenia border was open prior to the karabakh land problem in the '90s. so, i think is why the problems keeps, ah, where the roadblock is. >> the u.s. has more interests in azerbaijan because of the energy sources than armenia. but becae there's a much larger armenian population here in the u.s. you only hear about the armenia perspective and not the azerbaijan perspective. the comment that was made about karabakh, the conflict between this sort of aggressive behavior on the part of armenia vis-à-vis azerbaijan, nobody knows about that, but everybody knows about armenia's issues with turkey relative to the events that took place, you know, a long time ago. >> david, the united states has its own relationships with iran and with turkey that deal with the u.s. and those countries, but how do those countries' dealings with the caucasus affect their relationship with the united states? >> in the case of iran, for example, and azerbaijan, there are more ethnic azeris living in iran, almost three times as many as there are in azerbaijan itself. so, there's a bi

if we are talking about the situation with the nagorno-karabakh conflict defector often predictability is a crucial one. well considering the fact that over twenty percent of our territory was occupied and ethnically cleansed from all is very nationals i mean there is literally not a single is eerie there it is hard to talk about good neighborliness and promote peace with regulations but anyway this is why i have come to moscow to continue searching for a peaceful solution in the two plus one format it took us as we're going to going to get a book on flex the declaration was signed in two thousand and eight and there's a passage there saying that certain measures are required to increase confidence in the military sphere could you please comment on those words explaining what they imply with this which is in this case we were talking about the context line between the armed forces of army and his ear buds on unfortunately despite signing for suspension of hostilities clashes still occur leading to deaths of both soldiers and civilians we are to take more effective measures to solve thi

continue searching for a peaceful solution in the two plus one format it took us as for the nagorno-karabakh conflict the declaration was signed in two thousand and eight and there's a passage there saying that certain measures are required to increase confidence in the military sphere could you please comment on those words explaining what they imply with this which is in this case we were talking about the context line between the armed forces of armenia and azerbaijan unfortunately despite signing for suspension of hostilities kalash is still occur leading to deaths of both soldiers and civilians we are to take a more effective measures to solve this issue there are mechanisms to foresee possibilities to decrease the tension while i have to say that if the armenian armed forces withdraw from the occupied territories the factors of stability and predictability will be many times higher. up with a clear shot what sort term goals do you see in reaching the settlement. most concepts that the we can speak of solving the nagorno-karabakh conflict in terms of short term goals there is a huge bun

settlement of one of those elements just related to your question is that the people of not gona karabakh should decide with whom and how they want to live in other words to be the master of their own life and. who's going to move forward as the president believe over there john said in many occasions that his country may use force to reclaim what it considers to be part of its own territory by what do you think about it. you know actually it's dangerous when someone declares and does it daily that one's ready all getting ready to use force evidently they have forgotten how it began the conflict started when they used force against not going to carry back started a military action what's more they hired mercenaries with close links to international terrorist organizations you see what is led to feel they must have forgotten what is led to evidently human memory is short. and finally you are a career diplomat and for more than two decades you focused on the middle east peace process and some analysts like to compare armine stance to that of israel saying that armenia also likes to exaggera

has lasted for over sixteen years because like dates back to nine hundred eighty eight the nagorno-karabakh region mainly populated by armenians was part of the soviet republic of isaac by john well after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. it declared independence which resulted in several years of armed conflict a truce was signed in one thousand nine hundred four russia france and the u.s. have been mediating talks since then well r.t. caught up with the foreign ministers of both sides of the conflict you could watch their interviews throughout the day on our t.v. well let's hear from the side. what role does a version play in stabilizing the caucasus region. after the off course as your bread chinese all for the settlement of all conflicts of the mists case if we are talking about the situation with the not born a current.

has lasted for over sixteen years the conflict dates back to nine hundred eighty eight the nagorno-karabakh region mainly populated by armenians was part of the soviet republic of by john after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. declared independence which resulted in this several years of armed conflict a truce was signed in one thousand nine hundred for russia france and the us have been mediating talks since then well r.t. caught up with foreign ministers of both sides of the conflict watched their interviews throughout the day well to armenia now. according to russian a poor peace is better than a good war but is it always the case.

say that you are mistaken if all the organizations involved in the settlement of the new goal no karabakh issue are international organizations as well as intermediary countries the ms group co-chairs including russia the us and france have the mandate of the international community all those countries institutions and organizations all of them issued statements there are in line with all media says asian. yes yes the guidance and what status would armenia like to see an accord maker bot has part of his chair tree or as a separate sovereign state act tests of authority out of new. i mean it is supporting the elements and principles proposed by the misc group as a basis for negotiations and for reaching the settlement of one of those elements just related to your question is that the people of not going to care and that should decide with whom and how they want to live in other words to be the master of their own life. and then the move forward as the president does leave over their bridge on sat on many occasions that his country may use force to reclaim what it considers to be part of it

lasted for over sixteen years while the conflict dates back to nine hundred eighty eight the nagorno-karabakh region that may be populated by armenians was part of the soviet republic of us there by job well after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. it declared independence which then resulted in several years of armed conflict a truce was sided night tonight before russia france and the us have been mediating talks since then well r.t. caught up with the foreign ministers of both sides of the conflict you could wash their interviews throughout the day on r.t. well the knots that's now here from the armenian side. according to russian a poor peace is better than a good war but is it always the case to discuss that and now i'm joined by romania's foreign minister has been actively involved in his country's efforts to settle and the gore knickerbocker disputed neighboring as a bridge on a front.