Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict in the Center of the EU Crisis Diplomacy

Abstract

The article analyses the key aspects of the EU policy towards Armenian-Azerbaijan armed conflict. The author explores basic parameters of the EU presence in the region and a degree of its influence on political processes and peaceful settlement. The article shows basic directions of possible collective actions of the parties to the conflict and international mediators (Russia, USA, leading states of the EU) concerning peaceful settlement of this crisis situation in the framework of Minsk Group of the OSCE. In this context, the author devotes attention to the questions of status of Nagorno-Karabakh and models of possible international peacekeeping missions to the area.

Keywords

• armed conflict between armenia and azerbaijan
• the eu geostrategic interests in the south caucasian
• peaceful settlement of the crisis
• a role of the minsk group of the osce
• status of nagorno-karabakh