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Nagorno Karabakh President on Montenegro referendum: The precedent is
important'
26.05.2006 12:50
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - If the international community is really ready to
recognize Montenegro and Kosovo's independence, I believe it will be
very difficult to explain to them, why they are not ready to recognize
Nagorno Karabakh's independence; Nagorno Karabakh President Arkady
Gukasyan, who attended the third Congress of Russia's Armenians Union
on May 25, stated, speaking to a REGNUM correspondent.
`I believe that every question has its specificity, but, nevertheless,
there are some common positions, typical for all unrecognized states
and such conflicts ` in this aspect, I believe that precedent is
important,' Gukasyan stressed, commenting on the referendum outcomes
concerning Montenegro independence.
At the same time, the NK president stressed that `Karabakh has much
more grounds ` historical, legal, and geographic ones ' to reckon on
independence.'
`Let us not forget that Nagorno Karabakh people defended their
independence with weapons in hands; they held out in war imposed on it
by Azerbaijan, and they are building their state now at the cost of
their best sons' lives.
I believe that we have every reason to reckon on recognition of our
independence by the international community. In any case, I do not see
any alternative for it. Nagorno Karabakh is independent; Nagorno
Karabakh will be independent, and it does not depend on Azerbaijan's
will.
This process may not be stopped and I am sure, the international
community will recognize Artsakh sooner or later. The sooner it will
do it, the more chances there will be for prevailing of peace, order
in region, and establishment of mutual understanding between its
peoples,' Arkady Gukasyan believes.
important'
26.05.2006 12:50
YEREVAN (YERKIR) - If the international community is really ready to
recognize Montenegro and Kosovo's independence, I believe it will be
very difficult to explain to them, why they are not ready to recognize
Nagorno Karabakh's independence; Nagorno Karabakh President Arkady
Gukasyan, who attended the third Congress of Russia's Armenians Union
on May 25, stated, speaking to a REGNUM correspondent.
`I believe that every question has its specificity, but, nevertheless,
there are some common positions, typical for all unrecognized states
and such conflicts ` in this aspect, I believe that precedent is
important,' Gukasyan stressed, commenting on the referendum outcomes
concerning Montenegro independence.
At the same time, the NK president stressed that `Karabakh has much
more grounds ` historical, legal, and geographic ones ' to reckon on
independence.'
`Let us not forget that Nagorno Karabakh people defended their
independence with weapons in hands; they held out in war imposed on it
by Azerbaijan, and they are building their state now at the cost of
their best sons' lives.
I believe that we have every reason to reckon on recognition of our
independence by the international community. In any case, I do not see
any alternative for it. Nagorno Karabakh is independent; Nagorno
Karabakh will be independent, and it does not depend on Azerbaijan's
will.
This process may not be stopped and I am sure, the international
community will recognize Artsakh sooner or later. The sooner it will
do it, the more chances there will be for prevailing of peace, order
in region, and establishment of mutual understanding between its
peoples,' Arkady Gukasyan believes.