Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug. 10 / Trend E. Tariverdiyeva /
It is too early to make conclusions on the talks between the Azerbaijani and Russian presidents, as the tone of the statements issued in Moscow and Baku is rather restrained, Vestnik Kavkaza Editor Alexei Vlasov said.
"We have to wait until Aug. 12 for the meeting between Russian and Armenian presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan at the CSTO summit," he said. "I think much will become clear."
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev paid a working visit to Sochi upon Medvedev's invitation on Aug. 9. During the visit, the presidents discussed bilateral relations and cooperation and Russia express its determination to continue efforts in this regard, Chief of the Foreign Relations Department of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov told Trend.
The last talks over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were held upon Russia's initiative in Kazan in June. This ninth meeting was trilateral.
"However, regarding trilateral meetings, I think that the mediators will be able to keep the old format of the negotiation process," Vlasov said. "But I will not forecast the specific results."
He said that the course of the Armenian-Azerbaijani talks reminds of the unstable and unpredictable state of the international markets.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.