The OSCE-sponsored effort to promote a political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is stalemated, with Armenian and Azerbaijani officials engaging in mutual recrimination over the breakdown in negotiations. Given the economic possibilities, especially in the oil and gas sector, the inability of Armenia and Azerbaijan to reach an agreement is seriously damaging development efforts.
In reality the road stretched only a few hundred meters, but it seemed as if it spanned two separate worlds. In traveling this route, Carey Cavanaugh, Philippe de Suramaen and Nikolai Gribkov - three mediators in ongoing talks in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict - hoped to underscore the potential for a settlement.
