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R. HOVHNNISYAN SENT A LETTER TO MR. VOLKER KAUDER
http://times.am/?l=en&p=5049
23.02.12, 10:57
Head of the Armenian "Heritage" Party sent a letter to Mr. Volker
Kauder, Parliamentary Leader CDU/CSU, The Bundestag, Berlin, Federal
Republic of Germany, press service of "Heritage" Party informs.
The letter especially says:
"Dear Colleague:
It has come to my attention that your parliamentary group-a partner
of ours in the European People's Party-might shortly be releasing,
or at least considering, a draft resolution about Mountainous Karabagh.
The freedom of your political expression is of utmost importance,
but the truth is paramount.
The Republic of Mountainous Karabagh (Artsakh in Armenian)
was constituted lawfully in 1991 in full compliance with Soviet
legislation, controlling at the time, and the fundamental precepts of
international law as codified by the Montevideo Convention relating
to the formation and recognition of sovereign states.
None of us, neither your country nor ours, has any basis to curtail
the basic right to liberty and self-determination of any other, old or
new. This holds especially true for Mountainous Karabagh whose people,
in parallel with the demolition of the Great Wall which divided your
capital for too long, reversed the Stalinist legacy of "divide and
rule," waged a constitutional and ultimately successful quest for
freedom and independence, and defended their patrimony against the
failed aggression of Soviet and then Azerbaijani forces.
In view of its own unique track record in facing, atoning for, and
surmounting the crimes against humanity committed by a predecessor
regime-and with the resultant credentials of global leadership in terms
of restoration of rights, democracy, and peace and security-postwar
Germany should be the first to recognize the legitimate creation
and territorial integrity of emerging state actors and the belated
correction of historical injustices. Both domestically and in
international relations, the rule of law-or rather the supremacy of
rights-militates against artificial and partisan applications of the
archaic assertion of sui generis.
What is more, Germany's previous complicity in the Genocide of
the Armenian Nation and the Dispossession of its Homeland, as duly
evidenced in your own diplomatic and military archives, might and
military archives, shoulds,s should best comprehend this imperative
of mind, conscience, and public policy.ose, to restogive you further
cause officially to acknowledge that unprecedented precursor to the
Holocaust and to undertake meaningful measures, in conjunction with the
Republic of Turkey, to bring this shameful era of denialism to a close,
to address the occupation of the western half of the Armenian Plateau,
and to restitute the rightful connection between the Armenian people
and their homeland.
Real, not window-dressing normalization of relations with Turkey
and Azerbaijan is crucial for Armenia, but never at the expense of
historical memory, contemporary rights, and human dignity. Il faut
assumer l'histoire.
Of all states and all parties, yours should best comprehend this
imperative of values, conscience, and public policy.
Respectfully yours,
Raffi K. Hovannisian, Chairman and MP, Heritage Party, First Minister
of Foreign Affairs Republic of Armenia".
From: A. Papazian
http://times.am/?l=en&p=5049
23.02.12, 10:57
Head of the Armenian "Heritage" Party sent a letter to Mr. Volker
Kauder, Parliamentary Leader CDU/CSU, The Bundestag, Berlin, Federal
Republic of Germany, press service of "Heritage" Party informs.
The letter especially says:
"Dear Colleague:
It has come to my attention that your parliamentary group-a partner
of ours in the European People's Party-might shortly be releasing,
or at least considering, a draft resolution about Mountainous Karabagh.
The freedom of your political expression is of utmost importance,
but the truth is paramount.
The Republic of Mountainous Karabagh (Artsakh in Armenian)
was constituted lawfully in 1991 in full compliance with Soviet
legislation, controlling at the time, and the fundamental precepts of
international law as codified by the Montevideo Convention relating
to the formation and recognition of sovereign states.
None of us, neither your country nor ours, has any basis to curtail
the basic right to liberty and self-determination of any other, old or
new. This holds especially true for Mountainous Karabagh whose people,
in parallel with the demolition of the Great Wall which divided your
capital for too long, reversed the Stalinist legacy of "divide and
rule," waged a constitutional and ultimately successful quest for
freedom and independence, and defended their patrimony against the
failed aggression of Soviet and then Azerbaijani forces.
In view of its own unique track record in facing, atoning for, and
surmounting the crimes against humanity committed by a predecessor
regime-and with the resultant credentials of global leadership in terms
of restoration of rights, democracy, and peace and security-postwar
Germany should be the first to recognize the legitimate creation
and territorial integrity of emerging state actors and the belated
correction of historical injustices. Both domestically and in
international relations, the rule of law-or rather the supremacy of
rights-militates against artificial and partisan applications of the
archaic assertion of sui generis.
What is more, Germany's previous complicity in the Genocide of
the Armenian Nation and the Dispossession of its Homeland, as duly
evidenced in your own diplomatic and military archives, might and
military archives, shoulds,s should best comprehend this imperative
of mind, conscience, and public policy.ose, to restogive you further
cause officially to acknowledge that unprecedented precursor to the
Holocaust and to undertake meaningful measures, in conjunction with the
Republic of Turkey, to bring this shameful era of denialism to a close,
to address the occupation of the western half of the Armenian Plateau,
and to restitute the rightful connection between the Armenian people
and their homeland.
Real, not window-dressing normalization of relations with Turkey
and Azerbaijan is crucial for Armenia, but never at the expense of
historical memory, contemporary rights, and human dignity. Il faut
assumer l'histoire.
Of all states and all parties, yours should best comprehend this
imperative of values, conscience, and public policy.
Respectfully yours,
Raffi K. Hovannisian, Chairman and MP, Heritage Party, First Minister
of Foreign Affairs Republic of Armenia".
From: A. Papazian