"There isn't consensus with the European Union" over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict says Lawrence Broers, an expert on the region. During an interview with AFP, Broers explains that some EU member states "have much closer relations with either Armenia or Azerbaijan". On Thursday, Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists from the disputed Karabakh region held their first direct peace talks, after Baku claimed to have regained control of the territory in a brief military operation. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES