I understand that it's very important to proceed with discussions on the security and human rights of the ethnic Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the ceasefire statement made by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia, the Russian peacekeepers who are currently present in the Armenian-populated areas of Nagorno-Karabakh are responsible for observing the ceasefire. If the international community can help the sides come up with a peace accord that can guarantee or give some other security reassurance that the local ethnic Armenians can continue living there, then I'm sure I'm not the only one who would support that. Many would.
The very first step for this to happen, I believe, is still to look into the possibility of resuming the international presence on the ground. Right now we have only the ICRC, with a humanitarian mandate, present on the ground. At the Crisis Group, from the very beginning, right after we saw the ceasefire statement in 2020, we have been pushing for more involvement of the international community, including, for example, by the UN assigning a mission that could have access, could observe the situation on the ground and could report directly to the UN Security Council on a regular basis. I'm sure it would help us learn more and first-hand about the events without references to strange reports and Twitter posts that some people follow. That could help us understand what's happening and what can be done to start proceeding to finish this conflict.