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ACTUALIZATION OF THE ISSUE OF THE ARTSAKH RECOGNITION IN 2010
Lragir.am
31 Dec 2010
The fate of the Armenian-Turkish protocols has been an important issue
in the public discourse since the first months of 2010. The
international interest toward the ratification of these documents in
the Armenian and Turkish parliaments, despite Baku's and Ankara's
efforts, overshadowed the process of the Artsakh settlement.
On the eve of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Day the Armenian
President suspended by his decree the procedure of the ratification of
the Armenian-Turkish Protocols at the parliament of the country. The
Karabakh settlement again appeared in the center of attention of the
public and political forces of the three countries, parties to the
conflict.
On April 26, 2010, the NKR Public Council for the Foreign and Security
Policy applied to the Armenian organizations of Diaspora with the
appeal to initiate the process of the international recognition of the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic. The appeal, addressed to the three Armenian
traditional parties and lobbying structures of the Armenian Diaspora
pointed out the necessity that Armenian organizations in Diaspora
consider the issue of the international recognition of the Artsakh
Republic as an equal priority direction of their activity besides such
an important issue as the recognition of the Genocide. It was stressed
that the international recognition of the NKR would create a whole
spectrum of new possibilities for protection of the republic by the
political and diplomatic ways. The recognized NKR will become the
legitimate part of the international security architecture, safely
guaranteeing its own defence.[1]
The initiative of the Public Council was positively assessed by NKR
NGO's and various factions of the Armenian parliament,[2] including
the representatives of the republican majority.[3]
Deputy of the NKR National Assembly and member of the Public Council
Gegham Baghdasaryan in his speech at the meeting of the ARF
Dashnaktsutyun `Hye Dat' (Armenian Cause) commissions and offices on
May 9, 2010, said that the Karabakh authorities might have done much
more in the last 16 years and at least could have a designed
program of actions and a concept for the international recognition of
Artsakh. `But it is not late today as well. For the Artsakh part of
the Armenian people the recognition is first of all the issue of
security, the issue of prevention of the new genocide,[4]' ` noted Mr.
Baghdasaryan.
The participants of the `Hye Dat' meeting, which was attended by
representatives of thirty countries of the world, decided that the
corner stone of the activities of the `Hye Dat' commissions for the
coming years would be the Artsakh issue. In the light of Azerbaijan's
unconstructive position in the Karabakh conflict settlement, the issue
of the international recognition of the NKR independence becomes
urgent and this direction of the activity of the `Hye Dat' commission
should be much more active.[5]
It is necessary to note that in the second half of the last year the
`Hye Dat' structures undertook some steps in the direction of the NKR
recognition. In particular, in October 2010 they organized an
acquaintance visit to NKR by the deputies of the European Parliament.
Commenting the results of the visit, the leader of the Dashnaktsutyun
faction in the RA National Assembly Vahan Hovhannisyan pointed out
that the visit of the deputies of the European Parliament to Karabakh
was one of the necessary steps for the recognition of the NKR
independence. `It is a necessary work for the Artsakh international
recognition, which we will conduct regardless the processes (the
initiative of the `Heritage' faction, - Ð`Ð`) in the parliament,' ` said
Mr. Hovhannisyan.[6]
On November 12-13, 2010, a conference of the European `Hye Dat'
committees took place in Paris with participation of the ARF
Dashnaktsutyun bodies in the Great Britain, France, Belgium, Holland,
Germany, Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus. The conference paid a special
attention to the issue of the international recognition of the NKR
independence.[7]
It is noteworthy that the NKR Minister of Foreign Affairs proposed to
create a special commission to promote the process of the NKR
recognition, pointing out that this issue requires complex efforts and
cannot be a task of just one agency. The statement was made in the NKR
Parliament on December 2010.[8]
Along with the discussion of the problem of the NKR international
recognition in various forums and areas, some work was carried out in
the Armenian parliament for the recognition of Artsakh by the Republic
of Armenia. As it is known, the deputies from the `Heritage' faction
initiated the draft law `On the recognition of the NKR independence'
as early as on October 15, 2009, but its passing through the Armenian
parliament delayed.
The voting of the draft law, scheduled for October 2010, was
postponed. On December 9 the Armenian Parliament did not make a
decision on the draft law `On the recognition of the NKR
independence,' submitted by the oppositional `Heritage' faction for
the first reading (13 MPs voted `for,' no-one `against' or
`abstained'.) Deputies from the ruling coalition ` the Republican
Party, the `Bargavach Hayastan' (`Prosperous Armenia') Party and the
`Orinats Yerkir' (`The Rule of Law Country') Party ` did not take part
in the voting.
Unfortunately, the parliamentary forces of Armenia failed to reach the
consensus on such a strategically important issue for the Armenian
nation as the recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. The
legislatively fixed position of the Republic of Armenia on the NKR
status would not have left any false hopes in Azerbaijan and among its
supporters.
The next day after the voting the leader of the `Heritage' Raffi
Hovhannissyan said: `For me personally the issue of recognition of the
NKR independence is no less important and principle than the issue of
the genocide of Armenians.' Raffi Hovhannissyan admitted that he
expected some understanding by the representatives of the coalition
parties. `They should have understood that the issue of the NKR's
recognition is not just one among the issues of the party urgent
interests. There were people who made their personal contribution to
the cause of the Artsakh liberation, and I expected that they would
display some other position,' ` the former minister of Foreign Affairs
of Armenia admitted, adding that the party would not initiate
consideration of this issue in parliament of the country any
longer.[9]
Despite the fact that the `Heritage' party failed to reach its goal,
its initiative on the recognition of the Artsakh independence by
Armenia has played quite a positive role. Thanks to this process in
the RA National Assembly, the international community continued
receiving signals from Armenia, including from the pro-governmental
parties, that the international recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh
Republic has no alternative. The discussion of the issue of the
Nagorno Karabakh recognition in the Armenian parliament kept the level
of urgency of the Karabakh problem in the Armenian society.
In the address to the Artsakh people on the occasion of the Day of
proclamation of the NKR the Armenian President and the leader of the
republican party of Armenia noted that the peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh problem can have only one solution and it is the
internationally recognized independence of Artsakh.[10]
Meanwhile in his statement at the OSCE summit in Astana (Dec.12.2010)
and after that, at the session of the Council of Collective Security
of the CSTO (Dec.12.2010) the President of Armenia said that in case
if Azerbaijan resumes the armed aggression, Armenian will no have any
chance but to recognize the Nagorno Karabakh Republic de jure and do
its best to guarantee the security of the Artsakh people.[11]
The idea, voiced in Astana, was not any new, being in the arsenal of
the Armenian diplomacy in late 1990s ` early 2000s.[12] Such an
approach was justified in the post-war years and could be a
containment factor. But since 2008, when the process of recognition of
former autonomies started despite the wish of former metropolitan
states, when the UN International Court recognized the correctness of
the proclamation of the Kosovo independence,[13] it is wrong to tie up
the Artsakh recognition with the probable aggression by Azerbaijan. A
new situation has emerged and new legal precedents have appeared in
the international relations. Taking into account all that, we should
not let Azerbaijan have any role in the issue of recognition of the
status and future of the NKR. It would be the same as to expect the
international recognition of the NKR independence by the results of
the talks within the format of the OSCE Minsk Group, where
Azerbaijan's consent is needed. As the Armenian President noted
correctly in the other part of his statement at the Astana OSCE
summit, `Azerbaijan has neither legal, political nor moral base for
claims regarding Nagorno Karabakh.'
The process of the NKR recognition should go on without Azerbaijan's
participation in parallel with the Minsk Process (where the other key
issues may be discussed besides the status). Armenia and the
international community should recognize the independence of the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic to prevent the possible military aggression.
As it has already been noted, the international recognition is a
modern mechanism to strengthen security in the conflict zones and to
maintain stability. Not long ago such a mechanism proved its
effectiveness in Kosovo, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
The Armenian Parliament could have adopted the resolution on the NKR,
using the terminology of the consultative conclusion of the UN
International Court to avoid the possible external pressure. Such a
proposal was made publicly in November 2010.[14]
On the eve of the voting related to the draft law on the recognition
of NKR, the National Assembly of Armenia adopted another draft law in
the first reading: `On introduction of amendments into the RA Law on
international treaties,' according to which the republic will be able
to conclude treaties with those states that are not recognized by the
international community. The head of the `Heritage' faction Stepan
Safaryan insisted that introducing such an amendment into the law,
Armenia openly demonstrates that it will not recognize the NKR, by
that trying to sign treaties with Artsakh as non-recognized republic.
The deputy considers such an approach incorrect and fraught with
dangerous consequences. The National Assembly adopted the mentioned
draft law `On introduction of amendments into the Law on international
treaties' in the second and final reading at its December 17 session.
In the beginning of December 2010, two largest states of the Latin
America (Argentina and Brazil) responded to the request of the
Palestinian leader and declared that they recognized the independence
of Palestine in the borders of 1967.[15] Uruguay also announced about
the intention to recognize the Palestinian state in the beginning of
2011. The actions of the Latin American states related to the
recognition cannot be considered as precedents, because Palestine had
already been recognized as a state before that by dozens of the
countries of the world. But the interesting point here is that the
Latin American countries, where there is a strong Armenian Diaspora,
decided to enlarge their independence in the international affairs and
took the side of one of the parties in the protracted Middle East
conflict.
Remarkably, the United States and the European Union have not welcomed
the decisions made by Brazil and Argentina, considering their actions
premature. The US Assistant secretary of State William Burns for
political affairs said that only the Palestinians and Israelis
themselves would be able to implement the idea of creation of the
Palestinian state and its peaceful coexistence with Israel.[16] The
countries co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group hold the same logic in the
issue of determination of the Nagorno Karabakh status. That is why the
fact that a group of the Latin American states displayed independence
in their policy in the mentioned issue may open new opportunities for
us and therefore it should be a point of interest for the Armenian and
Artsakh diplomacy.
By Masis MAYILIAN
President, Public Council for Foreign and Security Policy
www.analyticon.org
[1] The Karabakh Public Council for the Foreign Policy called on the
Diaspora to initiate the international recognition of the NKR,
http://newsarmenia.ru/karabah/20100426/42238814.html
[2] The RA parliamentary forces welcome the initiative of the NKR
Public Council,
http://defacto.am/index.php?name=pages&op=view&id=10406
[3] The RPA will assist in the issue of international recognition of
the NKR, http://armtoday.info/default.asp?Lang=_Ru&NewsID=25056&SectionID=0&RegionID=0&Date=04/27/2010&PagePosition=1
[4] Gegham Baghdasaryan: Artsakh is not a totem or mummy, but a live
organism, http://www.armtoday.info/default.asp?Lang=_Ru&NewsID=25593&SectionID=0&RegionID=0&Date=05/16/2010&PagePosition=8
[5] New challenges require greater consolidation,
http://www.golosarmenii.am/ru/19984/world/3478/
[6] The visit of the European Parliamentarians to the NKR is one of
the steps aimed at the recognition of the independence of the country,
http://www.newsarmenia.ru/karabah/20101029/42333565.html
[7] A conference of the European committees of `Hye Dat' took place
in Paris, http://regnum.ru/news/azeri/1346472.html
[8] In 2011 measures will be undertaken to open the NKR representation
in Brussels, http://regnum.ru/news/fd-abroad/karabax/1354206.html
[9] Raffi Hovhannisyan: It is unacceptable to tie up the recognition
of the NKR independence with the break of the war,
http://www.armtoday.info/default.asp?Lang=_Ru&NewsID=35965&SectionID=0&RegionID=0&Date=12/11/2010&PagePosition=1
[10] http://www.president.am/events/news/rus/?id=1166
[11] http://www.president.am/events/statements/rus/?id=78
http://www.president.am/events/statements/rus/?id=79
[12] Why not recognize, Naira Ayrumyan,
http://www.lragir.am/russrc/politics-lrahos13559.html
[13] Ð`The UN International Court decided that the Declaration on
proclamation of the Kosovo independence does not contradict the
international law,
http://www.un.org/russian//news/fullstorynews.asp?newsID=13923
[14] The political will is needed,
http://aravot.am/ru/articles/politics/85681/view
[15] Brazil recognized the Palestinian state within the borders of
1967, http://www.interfax.ru/politics/news.asp?id=167694
[16] W. Burns: Argentina and Brazil have recognized Palestine too
early, http://news.am/rus/news/41360.html
From: A. Papazian
Lragir.am
31 Dec 2010
The fate of the Armenian-Turkish protocols has been an important issue
in the public discourse since the first months of 2010. The
international interest toward the ratification of these documents in
the Armenian and Turkish parliaments, despite Baku's and Ankara's
efforts, overshadowed the process of the Artsakh settlement.
On the eve of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Day the Armenian
President suspended by his decree the procedure of the ratification of
the Armenian-Turkish Protocols at the parliament of the country. The
Karabakh settlement again appeared in the center of attention of the
public and political forces of the three countries, parties to the
conflict.
On April 26, 2010, the NKR Public Council for the Foreign and Security
Policy applied to the Armenian organizations of Diaspora with the
appeal to initiate the process of the international recognition of the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic. The appeal, addressed to the three Armenian
traditional parties and lobbying structures of the Armenian Diaspora
pointed out the necessity that Armenian organizations in Diaspora
consider the issue of the international recognition of the Artsakh
Republic as an equal priority direction of their activity besides such
an important issue as the recognition of the Genocide. It was stressed
that the international recognition of the NKR would create a whole
spectrum of new possibilities for protection of the republic by the
political and diplomatic ways. The recognized NKR will become the
legitimate part of the international security architecture, safely
guaranteeing its own defence.[1]
The initiative of the Public Council was positively assessed by NKR
NGO's and various factions of the Armenian parliament,[2] including
the representatives of the republican majority.[3]
Deputy of the NKR National Assembly and member of the Public Council
Gegham Baghdasaryan in his speech at the meeting of the ARF
Dashnaktsutyun `Hye Dat' (Armenian Cause) commissions and offices on
May 9, 2010, said that the Karabakh authorities might have done much
more in the last 16 years and at least could have a designed
program of actions and a concept for the international recognition of
Artsakh. `But it is not late today as well. For the Artsakh part of
the Armenian people the recognition is first of all the issue of
security, the issue of prevention of the new genocide,[4]' ` noted Mr.
Baghdasaryan.
The participants of the `Hye Dat' meeting, which was attended by
representatives of thirty countries of the world, decided that the
corner stone of the activities of the `Hye Dat' commissions for the
coming years would be the Artsakh issue. In the light of Azerbaijan's
unconstructive position in the Karabakh conflict settlement, the issue
of the international recognition of the NKR independence becomes
urgent and this direction of the activity of the `Hye Dat' commission
should be much more active.[5]
It is necessary to note that in the second half of the last year the
`Hye Dat' structures undertook some steps in the direction of the NKR
recognition. In particular, in October 2010 they organized an
acquaintance visit to NKR by the deputies of the European Parliament.
Commenting the results of the visit, the leader of the Dashnaktsutyun
faction in the RA National Assembly Vahan Hovhannisyan pointed out
that the visit of the deputies of the European Parliament to Karabakh
was one of the necessary steps for the recognition of the NKR
independence. `It is a necessary work for the Artsakh international
recognition, which we will conduct regardless the processes (the
initiative of the `Heritage' faction, - Ð`Ð`) in the parliament,' ` said
Mr. Hovhannisyan.[6]
On November 12-13, 2010, a conference of the European `Hye Dat'
committees took place in Paris with participation of the ARF
Dashnaktsutyun bodies in the Great Britain, France, Belgium, Holland,
Germany, Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus. The conference paid a special
attention to the issue of the international recognition of the NKR
independence.[7]
It is noteworthy that the NKR Minister of Foreign Affairs proposed to
create a special commission to promote the process of the NKR
recognition, pointing out that this issue requires complex efforts and
cannot be a task of just one agency. The statement was made in the NKR
Parliament on December 2010.[8]
Along with the discussion of the problem of the NKR international
recognition in various forums and areas, some work was carried out in
the Armenian parliament for the recognition of Artsakh by the Republic
of Armenia. As it is known, the deputies from the `Heritage' faction
initiated the draft law `On the recognition of the NKR independence'
as early as on October 15, 2009, but its passing through the Armenian
parliament delayed.
The voting of the draft law, scheduled for October 2010, was
postponed. On December 9 the Armenian Parliament did not make a
decision on the draft law `On the recognition of the NKR
independence,' submitted by the oppositional `Heritage' faction for
the first reading (13 MPs voted `for,' no-one `against' or
`abstained'.) Deputies from the ruling coalition ` the Republican
Party, the `Bargavach Hayastan' (`Prosperous Armenia') Party and the
`Orinats Yerkir' (`The Rule of Law Country') Party ` did not take part
in the voting.
Unfortunately, the parliamentary forces of Armenia failed to reach the
consensus on such a strategically important issue for the Armenian
nation as the recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. The
legislatively fixed position of the Republic of Armenia on the NKR
status would not have left any false hopes in Azerbaijan and among its
supporters.
The next day after the voting the leader of the `Heritage' Raffi
Hovhannissyan said: `For me personally the issue of recognition of the
NKR independence is no less important and principle than the issue of
the genocide of Armenians.' Raffi Hovhannissyan admitted that he
expected some understanding by the representatives of the coalition
parties. `They should have understood that the issue of the NKR's
recognition is not just one among the issues of the party urgent
interests. There were people who made their personal contribution to
the cause of the Artsakh liberation, and I expected that they would
display some other position,' ` the former minister of Foreign Affairs
of Armenia admitted, adding that the party would not initiate
consideration of this issue in parliament of the country any
longer.[9]
Despite the fact that the `Heritage' party failed to reach its goal,
its initiative on the recognition of the Artsakh independence by
Armenia has played quite a positive role. Thanks to this process in
the RA National Assembly, the international community continued
receiving signals from Armenia, including from the pro-governmental
parties, that the international recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh
Republic has no alternative. The discussion of the issue of the
Nagorno Karabakh recognition in the Armenian parliament kept the level
of urgency of the Karabakh problem in the Armenian society.
In the address to the Artsakh people on the occasion of the Day of
proclamation of the NKR the Armenian President and the leader of the
republican party of Armenia noted that the peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh problem can have only one solution and it is the
internationally recognized independence of Artsakh.[10]
Meanwhile in his statement at the OSCE summit in Astana (Dec.12.2010)
and after that, at the session of the Council of Collective Security
of the CSTO (Dec.12.2010) the President of Armenia said that in case
if Azerbaijan resumes the armed aggression, Armenian will no have any
chance but to recognize the Nagorno Karabakh Republic de jure and do
its best to guarantee the security of the Artsakh people.[11]
The idea, voiced in Astana, was not any new, being in the arsenal of
the Armenian diplomacy in late 1990s ` early 2000s.[12] Such an
approach was justified in the post-war years and could be a
containment factor. But since 2008, when the process of recognition of
former autonomies started despite the wish of former metropolitan
states, when the UN International Court recognized the correctness of
the proclamation of the Kosovo independence,[13] it is wrong to tie up
the Artsakh recognition with the probable aggression by Azerbaijan. A
new situation has emerged and new legal precedents have appeared in
the international relations. Taking into account all that, we should
not let Azerbaijan have any role in the issue of recognition of the
status and future of the NKR. It would be the same as to expect the
international recognition of the NKR independence by the results of
the talks within the format of the OSCE Minsk Group, where
Azerbaijan's consent is needed. As the Armenian President noted
correctly in the other part of his statement at the Astana OSCE
summit, `Azerbaijan has neither legal, political nor moral base for
claims regarding Nagorno Karabakh.'
The process of the NKR recognition should go on without Azerbaijan's
participation in parallel with the Minsk Process (where the other key
issues may be discussed besides the status). Armenia and the
international community should recognize the independence of the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic to prevent the possible military aggression.
As it has already been noted, the international recognition is a
modern mechanism to strengthen security in the conflict zones and to
maintain stability. Not long ago such a mechanism proved its
effectiveness in Kosovo, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
The Armenian Parliament could have adopted the resolution on the NKR,
using the terminology of the consultative conclusion of the UN
International Court to avoid the possible external pressure. Such a
proposal was made publicly in November 2010.[14]
On the eve of the voting related to the draft law on the recognition
of NKR, the National Assembly of Armenia adopted another draft law in
the first reading: `On introduction of amendments into the RA Law on
international treaties,' according to which the republic will be able
to conclude treaties with those states that are not recognized by the
international community. The head of the `Heritage' faction Stepan
Safaryan insisted that introducing such an amendment into the law,
Armenia openly demonstrates that it will not recognize the NKR, by
that trying to sign treaties with Artsakh as non-recognized republic.
The deputy considers such an approach incorrect and fraught with
dangerous consequences. The National Assembly adopted the mentioned
draft law `On introduction of amendments into the Law on international
treaties' in the second and final reading at its December 17 session.
In the beginning of December 2010, two largest states of the Latin
America (Argentina and Brazil) responded to the request of the
Palestinian leader and declared that they recognized the independence
of Palestine in the borders of 1967.[15] Uruguay also announced about
the intention to recognize the Palestinian state in the beginning of
2011. The actions of the Latin American states related to the
recognition cannot be considered as precedents, because Palestine had
already been recognized as a state before that by dozens of the
countries of the world. But the interesting point here is that the
Latin American countries, where there is a strong Armenian Diaspora,
decided to enlarge their independence in the international affairs and
took the side of one of the parties in the protracted Middle East
conflict.
Remarkably, the United States and the European Union have not welcomed
the decisions made by Brazil and Argentina, considering their actions
premature. The US Assistant secretary of State William Burns for
political affairs said that only the Palestinians and Israelis
themselves would be able to implement the idea of creation of the
Palestinian state and its peaceful coexistence with Israel.[16] The
countries co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group hold the same logic in the
issue of determination of the Nagorno Karabakh status. That is why the
fact that a group of the Latin American states displayed independence
in their policy in the mentioned issue may open new opportunities for
us and therefore it should be a point of interest for the Armenian and
Artsakh diplomacy.
By Masis MAYILIAN
President, Public Council for Foreign and Security Policy
www.analyticon.org
[1] The Karabakh Public Council for the Foreign Policy called on the
Diaspora to initiate the international recognition of the NKR,
http://newsarmenia.ru/karabah/20100426/42238814.html
[2] The RA parliamentary forces welcome the initiative of the NKR
Public Council,
http://defacto.am/index.php?name=pages&op=view&id=10406
[3] The RPA will assist in the issue of international recognition of
the NKR, http://armtoday.info/default.asp?Lang=_Ru&NewsID=25056&SectionID=0&RegionID=0&Date=04/27/2010&PagePosition=1
[4] Gegham Baghdasaryan: Artsakh is not a totem or mummy, but a live
organism, http://www.armtoday.info/default.asp?Lang=_Ru&NewsID=25593&SectionID=0&RegionID=0&Date=05/16/2010&PagePosition=8
[5] New challenges require greater consolidation,
http://www.golosarmenii.am/ru/19984/world/3478/
[6] The visit of the European Parliamentarians to the NKR is one of
the steps aimed at the recognition of the independence of the country,
http://www.newsarmenia.ru/karabah/20101029/42333565.html
[7] A conference of the European committees of `Hye Dat' took place
in Paris, http://regnum.ru/news/azeri/1346472.html
[8] In 2011 measures will be undertaken to open the NKR representation
in Brussels, http://regnum.ru/news/fd-abroad/karabax/1354206.html
[9] Raffi Hovhannisyan: It is unacceptable to tie up the recognition
of the NKR independence with the break of the war,
http://www.armtoday.info/default.asp?Lang=_Ru&NewsID=35965&SectionID=0&RegionID=0&Date=12/11/2010&PagePosition=1
[10] http://www.president.am/events/news/rus/?id=1166
[11] http://www.president.am/events/statements/rus/?id=78
http://www.president.am/events/statements/rus/?id=79
[12] Why not recognize, Naira Ayrumyan,
http://www.lragir.am/russrc/politics-lrahos13559.html
[13] Ð`The UN International Court decided that the Declaration on
proclamation of the Kosovo independence does not contradict the
international law,
http://www.un.org/russian//news/fullstorynews.asp?newsID=13923
[14] The political will is needed,
http://aravot.am/ru/articles/politics/85681/view
[15] Brazil recognized the Palestinian state within the borders of
1967, http://www.interfax.ru/politics/news.asp?id=167694
[16] W. Burns: Argentina and Brazil have recognized Palestine too
early, http://news.am/rus/news/41360.html
From: A. Papazian