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July 23 2010
Armenia failed to show political courage to recognize Karabakh, Raffi
Hovhannisyan says
July 23, 2010 | 15:16
Armenia should have recognized Nagorno-Karabakh in 1992, but it
delayed and made a mistake, the leader of `Heritage' Party Raffi
Hovhannisyan stated at a press conference on Friday.
According to him, Armenia missed an opportunity for the recognition of
Karabakh's independence in 1994. At the signing of the trilateral
ceasefire agreement, Armenia should have recognized Nagorno-Karabakh,
he stressed.
Obviously there were states, apparently ready to recognize
Nagorno-Karabakh's independence, but the fact Armenia failed to
recognize Karabakh's independence hindered the process. `We did not
show political courage to recognize Karabakh, whereas the issue should
have been solved long before Kosovo proclaimed independence,'
Hovhannisyan said.
He emphasized if Armenia pursues a rational policy, the Kosovo's
precedent could have been used in case of Karabakh.
On July 22, the International Court of Justice in The Hague concluded
that Kosovo's unilateral secession from Serbia in 2008 did not violate
international law.
From: A. Papazian
July 23 2010
Armenia failed to show political courage to recognize Karabakh, Raffi
Hovhannisyan says
July 23, 2010 | 15:16
Armenia should have recognized Nagorno-Karabakh in 1992, but it
delayed and made a mistake, the leader of `Heritage' Party Raffi
Hovhannisyan stated at a press conference on Friday.
According to him, Armenia missed an opportunity for the recognition of
Karabakh's independence in 1994. At the signing of the trilateral
ceasefire agreement, Armenia should have recognized Nagorno-Karabakh,
he stressed.
Obviously there were states, apparently ready to recognize
Nagorno-Karabakh's independence, but the fact Armenia failed to
recognize Karabakh's independence hindered the process. `We did not
show political courage to recognize Karabakh, whereas the issue should
have been solved long before Kosovo proclaimed independence,'
Hovhannisyan said.
He emphasized if Armenia pursues a rational policy, the Kosovo's
precedent could have been used in case of Karabakh.
On July 22, the International Court of Justice in The Hague concluded
that Kosovo's unilateral secession from Serbia in 2008 did not violate
international law.
From: A. Papazian