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    RA AMBASSADOR TO U.S.: PEOPLE OF NAGORNO KARABAKH TO HAVE RIGHT OF
    SELF-DETERMINATION

    PanArmenian News Network
    July 18 2005

    18.07.2005 08:24

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The future of Kosovo has indeed been a subject of
    very open and public discussions lately, with important statements by
    U.S. government officials. No matter to what extent the Administration
    favors the principle of full sovereignty of Kosovo, they find that the
    final status must be a result of negotiation process, RA Ambassador
    to the U.S Tatul Margarian stated in an interview with Armenpress
    news agency. "We understand the international community is not ready
    to shoulder entire responsibility and suggest a universal solution
    to all those cases or to impose ready-made solutions to Kosovo or
    other cases. However, the international community could have been
    more vigorous in supporting democracy and economic developments
    in these regions. The argument that economic isolation will make
    conflicting parties more malleable or eager to compromise is a wrong
    stereotype. On the contrary, imposed isolation and economic scarcity
    can contribute to ethnocentrism and make a conflicting party less
    inclined to compromise. It is encouraging that the United States
    and European Union have already worked to promote democratic values
    and economic freedom in Kosovo, which will inevitably contribute
    to a durable and sustainable settlement in whatever final form it
    comes. The people of Karabakh have already pursued the right choices
    on their own, exerting hard effort toward democratic consolidation
    and economic development. The recent parliamentary elections there
    showed the determination to adhere to democratic principles, and
    this deserves encouragement and appreciation of the international
    community. The independence of Kosovo will, of course, have an impact
    on settlement of conflicts in other parts of the world. However, the
    concerns by some within the international community that recognition of
    Kosovo's sovereignty may set a precedent necessitating the same status
    everywhere are exaggerated since each case will be judged on its own
    merits. After all, there have been several examples of application
    of the right to self-determination, in one form or another, both by
    conflicting parties and by the international community to prevent
    or to settle existing conflicts. In the previous decade alone, this
    right has been exercised, irrespective of the outcome, in the cases
    of East Timor, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, Quebec, Southern Sudan,
    Serbia and Montenegro, and elsewhere. As far as Nagorno-Karabakh
    is concerned, its distinction from other conflicts in Eurasia is
    readily acknowledged by the international community. I am convinced,
    and it is widely shared, that any solution to the conflict will be
    based on the fact and the right of self-determination of the people
    of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is the core and the final settlement must
    take it into account", he said.
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