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July 23 2010
ICJ verdict on Kosovo must be precedent for NKR's international recognition
July 23, 2010 | 14:24
Masis Mailyan, Chairman of the NKR Public Council for Foreign Policy
and Security, answered NEWS.am's questions:
Question: What is your opinion of yesterday's verdict by the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague?
Answer: I welcome the ICJ verdict on Kosovo. As a precedent, it is
supposed to play an important role in the international recognition of
the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
Question: What can be its consequences in international practice,
particularly for the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process?
Answer: The year 2008 saw the start of recognition of the autonomies
that had declared independence before the USSR and Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia collapsed. The West backed Kosovo's independence, while
Abkhazia and South Ossetia were recognized by Russia and some other
countries. Thus, the U.S., EU, Russia, as well as a number of other
states, consider recognition the most effective mechanism of ensuring
stability in the conflict zones.
This international practice must be applied to Artsakh as well.
The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs should reject the obsolete methods they
have so far applied to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and start
drafting new proposals for the NKR in the context of present-day
international legal norms.
Question: There is an opinion that the ICJ verdict is more political
than legal. Can the international community be expected to take up a
similar stance on other similar conflicts?
Answer: The ICJ probably `acquitted' the states that recognized
Kosovo's independence for political reasons, in their own interests.
We cannot expect a similar approach to be necessarily shown to other
conflicts. Obviously, the principles approved in 1975 are revised, and
the task set to Armenian and NKR diplomacy, as well as lobbyist
organizations of the Armenian Diaspora, is to make a proper use of the
ICJ verdict for international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh.
From: A. Papazian
July 23 2010
ICJ verdict on Kosovo must be precedent for NKR's international recognition
July 23, 2010 | 14:24
Masis Mailyan, Chairman of the NKR Public Council for Foreign Policy
and Security, answered NEWS.am's questions:
Question: What is your opinion of yesterday's verdict by the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague?
Answer: I welcome the ICJ verdict on Kosovo. As a precedent, it is
supposed to play an important role in the international recognition of
the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).
Question: What can be its consequences in international practice,
particularly for the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process?
Answer: The year 2008 saw the start of recognition of the autonomies
that had declared independence before the USSR and Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia collapsed. The West backed Kosovo's independence, while
Abkhazia and South Ossetia were recognized by Russia and some other
countries. Thus, the U.S., EU, Russia, as well as a number of other
states, consider recognition the most effective mechanism of ensuring
stability in the conflict zones.
This international practice must be applied to Artsakh as well.
The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs should reject the obsolete methods they
have so far applied to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and start
drafting new proposals for the NKR in the context of present-day
international legal norms.
Question: There is an opinion that the ICJ verdict is more political
than legal. Can the international community be expected to take up a
similar stance on other similar conflicts?
Answer: The ICJ probably `acquitted' the states that recognized
Kosovo's independence for political reasons, in their own interests.
We cannot expect a similar approach to be necessarily shown to other
conflicts. Obviously, the principles approved in 1975 are revised, and
the task set to Armenian and NKR diplomacy, as well as lobbyist
organizations of the Armenian Diaspora, is to make a proper use of the
ICJ verdict for international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh.
From: A. Papazian