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"INTER-COMMUNITY" FORMAT IS UNACCEPTABLE
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
2011-12-09 16:36
Again, the Azerbaijani authorities implant actively the notion of
"inter-community" aimed at distorting the essence of the Karabakh
issue and transforming the actual trilateral format of the conflict
into a bilateral one, which is favorable for official Baku.
The Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict is the consequence of official
Baku's inability to display civilized approaches to the solution
of the issue, which occurred as a result of the natural process
of desintegration during the USSR collapse. The Nagorno Karabakh
Republic, which had been established in full accordance with the then
legislation and all the international norms, became an object of
Azerbaijan's full-scale aggression aimed at physical extermination
of the NKR citizens. Having lost the war, which it had unleashed,
Baku, unfortunately, became more sophisticated in its intrigues and
provocations in the political sphere. The attempts to introduce the
Karabakh conflict as "inter-community" are a propaganda trick of
official Baku, trying to distract the international community from
the real essence of the issue, which testifies again to Azerbaijani
authorities' lacking a political will and desire for a peaceful
settlement of the conflict.
The "inter-community" format pursues far-reaching goals, in particular,
unilateral return of Azerbaijani refugees to Nagorno Karabakh without
resolving the issue of the 500.000 Armenians deported from Azerbaijan;
turning the issue of former "colony" and former "metropolis" into
inter-ethnic problems of the region's inhabitants, while it is a
consequence of the general discrimination policy of the Azerbaijani
authorities towards the Karabakh Armenians; ignoring the factor of
the Nagorno Karabakh Republic's being an entity, and introducing
the established Karabakh state as a region in Azerbaijan's structure
with equal rights of two communities. On Baku's consideration, all
the abovementioned should ultimately become the basis for the issue's
solution in the radically nonviable format of "self-determination of
Nagorno Karabakh within Azerbaijan".
The Karabakh party considers the "inter-community" approach not
only non-perspective, but also extremely dangerous, as it leads the
peacemaking process to a deadlock and discredits the very idea of
peacemaking, causing additional tension and non-confidence between
the societies of the conflicting parties.
The attempt of artificial granting of this status to the Azerbaijani
minority has no legal basis; it contradicts, in particular, the OSCE
Budapest Summit resolution (1994) on the recognition of Nagorno
Karabakh as an independent party to the conflict, without noting
the "communities". The right of the Nagorno Karabakh population
to self-determination didn't depend on the existence of consensus
between the Armenians and Azerbaijanis. The former citizens of Nagorno
Karabakh of Azerbaijani origin, to whom the Karabakh authorities gave
the chance of participating in the voting and resolving the future
fate of the region, preferred leaving Karabakh and becoming citizens
of the newly proclaimed Azerbaijani Republic.
A constructive dialogue between the NKR citizens and former
Azerbaijani citizens of Nagorno Karabakh is possible only after
the legal recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. Only direct
negotiations between the political leadership of Nagorno Karabakh and
Azerbaijan can give specific results on the comprehensive settlement
of the issue and establishment of long-term peace in the region.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
2011-12-09 16:36
Again, the Azerbaijani authorities implant actively the notion of
"inter-community" aimed at distorting the essence of the Karabakh
issue and transforming the actual trilateral format of the conflict
into a bilateral one, which is favorable for official Baku.
The Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict is the consequence of official
Baku's inability to display civilized approaches to the solution
of the issue, which occurred as a result of the natural process
of desintegration during the USSR collapse. The Nagorno Karabakh
Republic, which had been established in full accordance with the then
legislation and all the international norms, became an object of
Azerbaijan's full-scale aggression aimed at physical extermination
of the NKR citizens. Having lost the war, which it had unleashed,
Baku, unfortunately, became more sophisticated in its intrigues and
provocations in the political sphere. The attempts to introduce the
Karabakh conflict as "inter-community" are a propaganda trick of
official Baku, trying to distract the international community from
the real essence of the issue, which testifies again to Azerbaijani
authorities' lacking a political will and desire for a peaceful
settlement of the conflict.
The "inter-community" format pursues far-reaching goals, in particular,
unilateral return of Azerbaijani refugees to Nagorno Karabakh without
resolving the issue of the 500.000 Armenians deported from Azerbaijan;
turning the issue of former "colony" and former "metropolis" into
inter-ethnic problems of the region's inhabitants, while it is a
consequence of the general discrimination policy of the Azerbaijani
authorities towards the Karabakh Armenians; ignoring the factor of
the Nagorno Karabakh Republic's being an entity, and introducing
the established Karabakh state as a region in Azerbaijan's structure
with equal rights of two communities. On Baku's consideration, all
the abovementioned should ultimately become the basis for the issue's
solution in the radically nonviable format of "self-determination of
Nagorno Karabakh within Azerbaijan".
The Karabakh party considers the "inter-community" approach not
only non-perspective, but also extremely dangerous, as it leads the
peacemaking process to a deadlock and discredits the very idea of
peacemaking, causing additional tension and non-confidence between
the societies of the conflicting parties.
The attempt of artificial granting of this status to the Azerbaijani
minority has no legal basis; it contradicts, in particular, the OSCE
Budapest Summit resolution (1994) on the recognition of Nagorno
Karabakh as an independent party to the conflict, without noting
the "communities". The right of the Nagorno Karabakh population
to self-determination didn't depend on the existence of consensus
between the Armenians and Azerbaijanis. The former citizens of Nagorno
Karabakh of Azerbaijani origin, to whom the Karabakh authorities gave
the chance of participating in the voting and resolving the future
fate of the region, preferred leaving Karabakh and becoming citizens
of the newly proclaimed Azerbaijani Republic.
A constructive dialogue between the NKR citizens and former
Azerbaijani citizens of Nagorno Karabakh is possible only after
the legal recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. Only direct
negotiations between the political leadership of Nagorno Karabakh and
Azerbaijan can give specific results on the comprehensive settlement
of the issue and establishment of long-term peace in the region.