“Although Russia has the greatest potential for reaching an agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, its mediator possibilities are not unlimited,” during her interview to the Trend News said the Europe Program Director at International Crisis Group Sabina Freiser . "Russia’s ability to actually push through an agreement is perhaps the strongest among all international players, but remains limited. It is only when the two countries and the two societies are ready to accept these basic principles that there would be an agreement". According to Freiser, Turkey first of all needs to understand that Russia does not have all the keys to the problem. "The Moscow declaration of November 2008 was an example of the limitations of Russian influence, said Freiser. The Russian Leadership did step in and was successful in getting a signature from the two presidents, but this did not change anything on the ground or get the sides closer to a comprehensive agreement," mentioned the ICG representative. According to Freiser If Turkey doesn’t pass the protocols in Parliament in the coming months, but Armenia does, it will look like Turkey betrayed its commitments. According to Freiser, this will undermine its whole foreign policy goal to play a bigger role in securing peace and stability in the South Caucasus.
