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CONSOLIDATION IS AN IMPORTANT CONDITION FOR THE IRREVERSIBILITY OF THE PROCESS OF THE NKR RECOGNITION
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=832:-consolidation-is-an-important-condition-for-the-irreversibility-of-the-process-of-the-nkr-recognition&catid=3:all&Itemid=4
Monday, 29 October 2012 15:49
On October 25, an event took place, the information about which
immediately appeared on the front pages of news agencies. On this day,
the Legislative Council, or the Upper House of the Parliament of the
largest state of Australia - New South Wales - unanimously adopted
a resolution recognizing the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and the right
of the Karabakh people to self-determination.
As informed by the Armenian National Committee of Australia, the
resolution also called on the Australian Government "to officially
recognize the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and to
intensify the relations of Australia with Nagorno-Karabakh and its
citizens."
The paper emphasizes the efforts of Nagorno-Karabakh to establish a
free and democratic society through legitimate elections, supports the
involvement of Nagorno-Karabakh in the international community. The
resolution also calls for cooperation with the international community
to address the regional issues and to establish peace and stability,
for continuation of the humanitarian and economic assistance to
Karabakh.
Perhaps, it is needless to say that the resolution was a very
important event for Artsakh towards the achievement of the
international recognition of its de facto independence. The event
is not really ordinary, but it should be noted that it was logical
continuation of the started process of recognition of the right of
Nagorno-Karabakh's people to independent determination of their own
political future. We can say that we are witnessing revision by the
diplomacies of Armenia and the NKR of their foreign policy priorities
in the Karabakh settlement. As known, a long time both Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh focused their efforts primarily on the negotiation
process, on the search of a compromise solution to the Karabakh issue.
Moreover, the possibility of achieving legal recognition of the
NKR independence was considered by both Armenian parties only as
an alternative in case of Azerbaijan's destructive behavior and its
breakdown of the negotiations.
In fact, the hard, frankly speaking, divorced from the reality
maximalist position of Azerbaijan at the negotiations within the
OSCE Minsk Group, which cannot achieve an objective solution to the
problem for two decades, "thanks to" Azerbaijan, did not leave any
room for optimism. The situation has, as they say, matured, and in the
existing conditions, the two Armenian states are increasingly talking
at different levels about the need of opening the second track, i.e.
along with the negotiations under the auspices of the Minsk Group
to conduct active diplomatic and lobbing works on achieving the
recognition of the NKR independence. Judging by the recent events,
the process has started. As you know, this year the legislative
bodies of two U.S. states - Rhode Island and Massachusetts - have
adopted resolutions calling on the U.S. President and Congress
to recognize the NKR independence. And now is the resolution of
the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It is noteworthy that
while the first two resolutions, though imperatively called on the
U.S. authorities to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh,
were of a recommendation character, the resolution of Wales, along
with a similar appeal to the Australian Government, in fact, recognized
the NKR independence.
It should be noted that the appearance of all of the resolutions
were facilitated by several factors. First of all, perhaps, we can
talk about the tendencies of development of the world processes of
formation of new independent states, as we have already written. The
world seems to begin to recognize the priority of the right of peoples
to self-determination, fairly considering its implementation as a key
element in maintaining stability in any region. Surely, in some cases,
as in ours, the notorious principle of double standards is acting,
but in general, we think it cannot significantly affect the objective
course of development of the above-mentioned processes.
A very important factor for supporting the NKR independence is the
Republic's commitment to the democratic path of development, which is
noted in the Australian resolution. Adherence to democratic principles
and norms of public life arrangement, which has been confirmed
repeatedly by numerous different-level nationwide elections, could not
but be noticed and appreciated by the international community. The
contrast between Nagorno-Karabakh, which, in fact, has proved its
respect for democratic values, and Azerbaijan, with its image of a
non-free and utterly corrupt state, is too large. The international
scandal, caused by the pardon and glorification of night-slayer
Safarov, has convincingly proved that Nagorno-Karabakh cannot be
driven into criminal Azerbaijan, which is akin to a crime.
And the main thing I would like to stress is the diplomatic efforts
of Armenia and the NKR and the use of the political potential of the
Diaspora. Life has shown that skilful combination of all these factors
pays off. The petrodollar lobbying of Azerbaijan, which is nothing but
outright bribery, should be opposed to the Armenian lobbying based
on the truth about Nagorno-Karabakh and the requirement to respect
the people's choice. To summarize, we should note the necessity of
conducting more intensive foreign policy by Armenia and the NKR in the
Karabakh direction, as well as effective use of the enormous political
resources of the Diaspora, which should ensure the irreversibility
of the started process of the international recognition of the NKR
independence.
Leonid MARTIROSSIAN
Editor-in-Chief of Azat Artsakh newspaper
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=832:-consolidation-is-an-important-condition-for-the-irreversibility-of-the-process-of-the-nkr-recognition&catid=3:all&Itemid=4
Monday, 29 October 2012 15:49
On October 25, an event took place, the information about which
immediately appeared on the front pages of news agencies. On this day,
the Legislative Council, or the Upper House of the Parliament of the
largest state of Australia - New South Wales - unanimously adopted
a resolution recognizing the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and the right
of the Karabakh people to self-determination.
As informed by the Armenian National Committee of Australia, the
resolution also called on the Australian Government "to officially
recognize the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and to
intensify the relations of Australia with Nagorno-Karabakh and its
citizens."
The paper emphasizes the efforts of Nagorno-Karabakh to establish a
free and democratic society through legitimate elections, supports the
involvement of Nagorno-Karabakh in the international community. The
resolution also calls for cooperation with the international community
to address the regional issues and to establish peace and stability,
for continuation of the humanitarian and economic assistance to
Karabakh.
Perhaps, it is needless to say that the resolution was a very
important event for Artsakh towards the achievement of the
international recognition of its de facto independence. The event
is not really ordinary, but it should be noted that it was logical
continuation of the started process of recognition of the right of
Nagorno-Karabakh's people to independent determination of their own
political future. We can say that we are witnessing revision by the
diplomacies of Armenia and the NKR of their foreign policy priorities
in the Karabakh settlement. As known, a long time both Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh focused their efforts primarily on the negotiation
process, on the search of a compromise solution to the Karabakh issue.
Moreover, the possibility of achieving legal recognition of the
NKR independence was considered by both Armenian parties only as
an alternative in case of Azerbaijan's destructive behavior and its
breakdown of the negotiations.
In fact, the hard, frankly speaking, divorced from the reality
maximalist position of Azerbaijan at the negotiations within the
OSCE Minsk Group, which cannot achieve an objective solution to the
problem for two decades, "thanks to" Azerbaijan, did not leave any
room for optimism. The situation has, as they say, matured, and in the
existing conditions, the two Armenian states are increasingly talking
at different levels about the need of opening the second track, i.e.
along with the negotiations under the auspices of the Minsk Group
to conduct active diplomatic and lobbing works on achieving the
recognition of the NKR independence. Judging by the recent events,
the process has started. As you know, this year the legislative
bodies of two U.S. states - Rhode Island and Massachusetts - have
adopted resolutions calling on the U.S. President and Congress
to recognize the NKR independence. And now is the resolution of
the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It is noteworthy that
while the first two resolutions, though imperatively called on the
U.S. authorities to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh,
were of a recommendation character, the resolution of Wales, along
with a similar appeal to the Australian Government, in fact, recognized
the NKR independence.
It should be noted that the appearance of all of the resolutions
were facilitated by several factors. First of all, perhaps, we can
talk about the tendencies of development of the world processes of
formation of new independent states, as we have already written. The
world seems to begin to recognize the priority of the right of peoples
to self-determination, fairly considering its implementation as a key
element in maintaining stability in any region. Surely, in some cases,
as in ours, the notorious principle of double standards is acting,
but in general, we think it cannot significantly affect the objective
course of development of the above-mentioned processes.
A very important factor for supporting the NKR independence is the
Republic's commitment to the democratic path of development, which is
noted in the Australian resolution. Adherence to democratic principles
and norms of public life arrangement, which has been confirmed
repeatedly by numerous different-level nationwide elections, could not
but be noticed and appreciated by the international community. The
contrast between Nagorno-Karabakh, which, in fact, has proved its
respect for democratic values, and Azerbaijan, with its image of a
non-free and utterly corrupt state, is too large. The international
scandal, caused by the pardon and glorification of night-slayer
Safarov, has convincingly proved that Nagorno-Karabakh cannot be
driven into criminal Azerbaijan, which is akin to a crime.
And the main thing I would like to stress is the diplomatic efforts
of Armenia and the NKR and the use of the political potential of the
Diaspora. Life has shown that skilful combination of all these factors
pays off. The petrodollar lobbying of Azerbaijan, which is nothing but
outright bribery, should be opposed to the Armenian lobbying based
on the truth about Nagorno-Karabakh and the requirement to respect
the people's choice. To summarize, we should note the necessity of
conducting more intensive foreign policy by Armenia and the NKR in the
Karabakh direction, as well as effective use of the enormous political
resources of the Diaspora, which should ensure the irreversibility
of the started process of the international recognition of the NKR
independence.
Leonid MARTIROSSIAN
Editor-in-Chief of Azat Artsakh newspaper