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INSTEAD OF RECOGNIZING KARABAKH'S INDEPENDENCE ARMENIA PLAYED POLITICS: RAFFI HOVHANISIAN
Tert.am
23.07.10
If Armenia pursues right policy the recent ruling by the International
Court of Justice over the legality of Kosovo's declaration of
independence can have a positive influence on the recognition of
Nagorno Karabakh, newly elected Board Chairman of Heritage Party
and Former Armenian Foreign Minister Raffi Hovhanisian told a press
conference today.
According to him Armenia should before Kosovo's independence have
brought the issue of Karabakh's recognition on the parliament agenda.
"The Nagorno Karabakh which is really a precedent for many came
to be belated. And this is due to our guilt," said he, adding that
Armenia must have recognized Karabakh's independence yet in 1992,
but "we ran late and were mistaken."
When the ceasefire was signed in 1994, according to Hovhannisyan,
Armenia should have "had a judicial approach" towards the Republic
of Nagorno Karabakh.
"It was obvious that there were states then which were ready to
seriously consider the recognition issue," said he, adding, that the
reality was that Armenia itself had not recognized Karabakh at that
time which was another obstacle.
"It was obvious that the West was moving towards Kosovo, and it was
clear that Russia would respond. The Minsk Group Co-Chairs each showed
that they are ready to choose nation's self-determination right over
other principles," said he.
Instead of recognizing NKR before Kosovo's independence, according
to Hovhanisian, what Armenia did was just "playing politics."
"We used some trivial negotiating tricks by far deepening our pit of
diplomacy," said Hovhannisyan.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
23.07.10
If Armenia pursues right policy the recent ruling by the International
Court of Justice over the legality of Kosovo's declaration of
independence can have a positive influence on the recognition of
Nagorno Karabakh, newly elected Board Chairman of Heritage Party
and Former Armenian Foreign Minister Raffi Hovhanisian told a press
conference today.
According to him Armenia should before Kosovo's independence have
brought the issue of Karabakh's recognition on the parliament agenda.
"The Nagorno Karabakh which is really a precedent for many came
to be belated. And this is due to our guilt," said he, adding that
Armenia must have recognized Karabakh's independence yet in 1992,
but "we ran late and were mistaken."
When the ceasefire was signed in 1994, according to Hovhannisyan,
Armenia should have "had a judicial approach" towards the Republic
of Nagorno Karabakh.
"It was obvious that there were states then which were ready to
seriously consider the recognition issue," said he, adding, that the
reality was that Armenia itself had not recognized Karabakh at that
time which was another obstacle.
"It was obvious that the West was moving towards Kosovo, and it was
clear that Russia would respond. The Minsk Group Co-Chairs each showed
that they are ready to choose nation's self-determination right over
other principles," said he.
Instead of recognizing NKR before Kosovo's independence, according
to Hovhanisian, what Armenia did was just "playing politics."
"We used some trivial negotiating tricks by far deepening our pit of
diplomacy," said Hovhannisyan.
From: A. Papazian