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VAHRAM ATANESYAN: HAGUE COURT'S RULING IS CLEAR SIGNAL FOR AZERBAIJAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
July 22, 2010 - 20:01 AMT 15:01 GMT
Chairman of the NKR National Assembly Committee on Foreign Relations
Vahram Atanesyan said that the ruling of the International Court of
Justice on lawfulness of Kosovo independence provides the Republic
of Artsakh with the right to apply to the Hague court with a demand
to recognize independence of NKR.
Karabakh expected a similar decision. "The ruling is a precedent in
the international practice. The international judicial institution
has set the people's right to self-determination above the principle
of the territorial integrity for the first time. This is a certain
signal for Azerbaijan," Atanesyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
According to him, the Armenian diplomacy should use this positive
impulse in its further actions and protect the rights of the Armenian
side from stronger positions.
Vahram Atanesyan pointed to the fact that Nagorno Karabakh has
managed to declare its independence in compliance with all norms of
international law, simultaneously struggling against the Azerbaijani
aggression. "We are none the worse than Kosovo and declared our
independence under the same conditions. It provides us with the
opportunity to apply to international judicial institutions with a
demand to recognize independence of Artsakh," concluded Atanesyan.
On July 22, the International Court of Justice said that Kosovo's
unilateral secession from Serbia in 2008 did not violate international
law.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
July 22, 2010 - 20:01 AMT 15:01 GMT
Chairman of the NKR National Assembly Committee on Foreign Relations
Vahram Atanesyan said that the ruling of the International Court of
Justice on lawfulness of Kosovo independence provides the Republic
of Artsakh with the right to apply to the Hague court with a demand
to recognize independence of NKR.
Karabakh expected a similar decision. "The ruling is a precedent in
the international practice. The international judicial institution
has set the people's right to self-determination above the principle
of the territorial integrity for the first time. This is a certain
signal for Azerbaijan," Atanesyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
According to him, the Armenian diplomacy should use this positive
impulse in its further actions and protect the rights of the Armenian
side from stronger positions.
Vahram Atanesyan pointed to the fact that Nagorno Karabakh has
managed to declare its independence in compliance with all norms of
international law, simultaneously struggling against the Azerbaijani
aggression. "We are none the worse than Kosovo and declared our
independence under the same conditions. It provides us with the
opportunity to apply to international judicial institutions with a
demand to recognize independence of Artsakh," concluded Atanesyan.
On July 22, the International Court of Justice said that Kosovo's
unilateral secession from Serbia in 2008 did not violate international
law.
From: A. Papazian