Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) is organising a seminar on 'The Future of Mediation on Nagorno-Karabakh'.

The event will take place on 11 July 2011 (3:00 pm - 5:30 pm) in Rome and will be hosted by the Banca Monte Paschi di Siena at Palazzo Rondinini, Via del Corso 518.

The unresolved Nagorno-Karabkah conflict continues to represent the main threat to security and stability in the South Caucasus and a major impediment to regional cooperation. To date, the main mediation forum - the OSCE Minsk Group - has been largely unsuccessful in achieving its mandate. The roundtable will bring together a group of Italian and international experts and officials, in order to asses (1) to what extent is the Minsk Group's lack of success and the frustration this has generated giving rise to alternative or complementary impulses for conflict mediation (e.g., conducted by Russia or other third parties)? (2) what are the prospects for the deployment of an OSCE or other peacekeeping force in the conflict zone?

The seminar is a part of IAI's research programme ' Italy, the EU and the South Caucasus' that will be followed by other two seminars and one final conference.