YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. OSCE Minsk Group's format is efficient and beneficial for the Armenian people, but its policy should undergo some changes. Political scientist Stepan Grigorian, the Head of the Analytical Center for Globalization and Regional Development, expressed such an opinion at the January 20 press conference. According to him, first of all Minsk Group Co-chairs' visits to the region should be reduced, as frequent visits at first call forth belief and expectations and then disappointment. The second thing S. Grigorian would like to change in Co-chairs' policy is giving up optimistic statements, as they also call forth expectations and despair in both Armenian and Azeri society. According to the political scientist, Co-chairs' individual visits to the region also hinder the Nagorno Karabakh settlement negotiations process: they give an occasion for conclusions that the U.S., Russia, and France have different approaches over the settlement. S. Grigorian also said that Nagorno Karabakh settlement variants should not be called by geographic names (for instance, "Madrid principles").

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