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YEREVAN, BAKU IN TALKS OVER KARABAKH SELF-DETERMINATION - MINISTER
Interfax
Oct 24 2011
Russia
Yerevan says that Nagorno-Karabakh has every right to become an
independent state, and the question of its self-determination
is contained in a text currently negotiated between Armenia and
Azerbaijan.
"There is no shortage of precedents. Most United Nations members became
independent states by exercising their right to self-determination. So
why must the people of Nagorno-Karabakh be less entitled to
self-determination than any other people under this sun?"
Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian said in an interview with
Interfax ahead of a state visit to Russia by the Armenian president
on October 23-25.
"Naturally, the people of Nagorno-Karabakh are equally entitled to
it, and a provision about this right is present in a text that we
are currently negotiating with Azerbaijan," the minister said.
The principles, the elements, which were proposed by the co-chairmen
and articulated at three G8 summits - in L'Aquila, Muskoka and
Deauville - by Presidents Dmitry Medvedev, Nicolas Sarkozy and
Barack Obama, point precisely to this right to self-determination,
the minister said.
"The final status of Nagorno-Karabakh must be determined by free will
of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh, which will have international
legal force. This says it all," Nalbandian said.
Asked whether Armenia is convinced of the outcome of the expression
of will, the Armenian foreign minister said, "I think it is not only
us who are convinced. As history shows, there is no other way."
Interfax
Oct 24 2011
Russia
Yerevan says that Nagorno-Karabakh has every right to become an
independent state, and the question of its self-determination
is contained in a text currently negotiated between Armenia and
Azerbaijan.
"There is no shortage of precedents. Most United Nations members became
independent states by exercising their right to self-determination. So
why must the people of Nagorno-Karabakh be less entitled to
self-determination than any other people under this sun?"
Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian said in an interview with
Interfax ahead of a state visit to Russia by the Armenian president
on October 23-25.
"Naturally, the people of Nagorno-Karabakh are equally entitled to
it, and a provision about this right is present in a text that we
are currently negotiating with Azerbaijan," the minister said.
The principles, the elements, which were proposed by the co-chairmen
and articulated at three G8 summits - in L'Aquila, Muskoka and
Deauville - by Presidents Dmitry Medvedev, Nicolas Sarkozy and
Barack Obama, point precisely to this right to self-determination,
the minister said.
"The final status of Nagorno-Karabakh must be determined by free will
of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh, which will have international
legal force. This says it all," Nalbandian said.
Asked whether Armenia is convinced of the outcome of the expression
of will, the Armenian foreign minister said, "I think it is not only
us who are convinced. As history shows, there is no other way."