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Friday, 11 October 2013 12:38
The NKR should get its international recognition
On October 5, the scientific conference called `The
Artsakh National-Liberation Movement: from Gyulistan up to Nowadays'
continued its work at the NKR NA. The focus was made on the Karabakh
conflict, in the context of the global and regional policy.
The first speaker was Chairman of the European Integration
NGO Karen Bekarian who presented the process of the Karabakh conflict
peaceful settlement against the background of temporal conversion of
domestic and foreign factors.
The participants listened attentively to the speech of
senior researcher at the Institute of World Economy and International
Relations of the RF Academy of Sciences, Professor Victor Sheynis. He
dwelt on the issues of the problematic region and the peaceful
settlement of the conflict, noting that he ascribed the kind words
addressed to him in Artsakh not so much to himself as to those
democrats in Russia who from the first days of the Karabakh Movement
have declared their support of the legitimate demands of the Armenians
of Artsakh. «They are Andrey Sakharov, Galina Starovoitova, and
others. I can continue the names. My colleagues, members of the
Russian Parliament were in Karabakh and the Shahumian region. The
people didn't change their positions on the Karabakh issue, keeping on
their principles till the end», said the professor. Mr. Sheynis
presented the options of further developments of the
Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict, in particular, drawing the
participants' attention to the Madrid Principles. He believes that
they cannot be considered operating principles. Maybe their
realization is possible in the future, but only in case of
supplementing their content. The military solution of the Karabakh
conflict is excluded, and as for the views on the international
arbitrage expressed at the conference, he noted that hopes shouldn't
be pinned on superpowers. The guarantee of the security of Karabakh is
its people and not the international arbitrage. And, surely, fraternal
Armenia.
Leuven Catholic University researcher Javier Folebuck
presented, on the Karabakh example, the EU policy on protracted
conflicts. What is the EU policy on the Karabakh issue? This was the
main question of the speaker. The answer was definite - there is no
such policy, because the EU ambitions in the foreign policy sphere,
and especially in the South Caucasus, are quite broad. This fact
should be taken into account while considering the EU Eastern
Partnership program. The EU cannot take any decision on the Karabakh
issue, because it should be admitted by all the member-states of the
organization. And as it is impossible to take such a decision, the EU
is focusing on the directions of its activity in the South Caucasus
region. The EU cannot either choose between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as
the interests incline it one time to Armenia and another time - to
Azerbaijan. And if the EU wishes to be more actively involved in the
Karabakh settlement process, so, according to Folebuck, the
organization should, first of all, entrust a wide diplomatic mandate
to its representative, which can ensure his active involvement in the
Karabakh-related processes.
The issue of corresponding transformation for conflicts
resolution and establishment of stable peace in Nagorno Karabakh was
touched upon by political sciences lecturer at the American University
of Beirut Johannes Gyukchyan. First of all, transformation of
injustice is needed. Also, the international recognition of the NKR
and its security should be in the focus of attention. For ensuring the
fair solution to the conflict, the historical grounds of the conflict
and the principle of people's self-determination should be considered.
Mr. Gyukchyan believes that Azerbaijan is greatly mistaken, giving the
priority to the territorial integrity, because one of the necessary
conditions for resolving the conflict is establishment of bilateral
relations.
In his speech, true friend of the Armenian people,
Chairman of the France-Artsakh Friendship Circle François Rochebloine
dwelt on the prospects of the conflict settlement. The speaker asked
the audience - how to combine the two contradicting principles of
territorial integrity and people's right to self-determination? The
conflict resolution should be started with the study of the historical
grounds of the conflict. The NKR is an established state with all the
institutes, and its Parliament is operating on the rules that are
followed by the National Assembly of France. In the peaceful
settlement process, the international mediators should take into
account the realities in the political, economic, and cultural fields
of this country. And the direct participation of the NKR
representative in the negotiation process is a must.
Discussing the stance of the Obama Administration on the
Karabakh issue in the context of the USA regional policy, Executive
Director of the Armenian Association of Political Science, PhD
Benjamin Poghossian stated that Azerbaijan's significance for the USA
is obvious. It is explained by the energy carriers' import from the
region, and the fact of strengthening the USA influence on the South
Caucasus processes in the post-Soviet period gets secondary importance
in this case.
The next speaker, Austrian historian, senior researcher at
the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Christophe Benedict touched upon the
European echoes of the Karabakh conflict. According to the historian,
Europe considers it urgent to transform the ways of thinking and the
approaches of the conflicting states' societies, in case of which
mutual contacts and a dialogue will be possible. But, in case of
Azerbaijan the probability of such transformation is equal to zero.
Mr. Benedict's contacts with the Azerbaijani NGOs led him to the
belief that the country is totalitarian where the efforts aimed at the
development of democratic institutes and protection of human rights
fail.
Touching upon the intensification of the EU involvement in
the conflict peaceful settlement process, the historian emphasized
that the EU Special Representative's mandate in the region doesn't
provide him with such a power, and the Eastern Partnership
opportunities are quite limited in this respect.
Speeches were also made by Chairman of the International
Academy of Spiritual Unity of the Peoples of Russia Georgy
Trapeznikov, senior researcher at the Clingendael University Shaun
Riordan, head of the Armenian branch of the Institute of CIS Countries
Alexander Markarov, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute Sergey
Minasyan, and Larisa Alaverdian from the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic)
University.
Panel discussions on `The Prospects of the Economic Development of
Artsakh' took place in the afternoon.
Later, an exchange of opinions took place. The
participants asked their questions, expressed their views, and made
their comments.
NKR NA Chairman Ashot Ghulian summarized the work of the
two-day international scientific conference, highlighting the
scientific and practical significance of similar events, and then
expressed his gratitude to all the participants and organizers of the
conference.
Ruzan ISHKHANIAN
From: Baghdasarian
NOR BY THE REGIONAL POLICY
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1226: the-karabakh-conflict-settlement-is-conditioned-neither-by-the-global-nor-by-the-regional-policy&catid=5:politics&Itemid=17
Friday, 11 October 2013 12:38
The NKR should get its international recognition
On October 5, the scientific conference called `The
Artsakh National-Liberation Movement: from Gyulistan up to Nowadays'
continued its work at the NKR NA. The focus was made on the Karabakh
conflict, in the context of the global and regional policy.
The first speaker was Chairman of the European Integration
NGO Karen Bekarian who presented the process of the Karabakh conflict
peaceful settlement against the background of temporal conversion of
domestic and foreign factors.
The participants listened attentively to the speech of
senior researcher at the Institute of World Economy and International
Relations of the RF Academy of Sciences, Professor Victor Sheynis. He
dwelt on the issues of the problematic region and the peaceful
settlement of the conflict, noting that he ascribed the kind words
addressed to him in Artsakh not so much to himself as to those
democrats in Russia who from the first days of the Karabakh Movement
have declared their support of the legitimate demands of the Armenians
of Artsakh. «They are Andrey Sakharov, Galina Starovoitova, and
others. I can continue the names. My colleagues, members of the
Russian Parliament were in Karabakh and the Shahumian region. The
people didn't change their positions on the Karabakh issue, keeping on
their principles till the end», said the professor. Mr. Sheynis
presented the options of further developments of the
Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict, in particular, drawing the
participants' attention to the Madrid Principles. He believes that
they cannot be considered operating principles. Maybe their
realization is possible in the future, but only in case of
supplementing their content. The military solution of the Karabakh
conflict is excluded, and as for the views on the international
arbitrage expressed at the conference, he noted that hopes shouldn't
be pinned on superpowers. The guarantee of the security of Karabakh is
its people and not the international arbitrage. And, surely, fraternal
Armenia.
Leuven Catholic University researcher Javier Folebuck
presented, on the Karabakh example, the EU policy on protracted
conflicts. What is the EU policy on the Karabakh issue? This was the
main question of the speaker. The answer was definite - there is no
such policy, because the EU ambitions in the foreign policy sphere,
and especially in the South Caucasus, are quite broad. This fact
should be taken into account while considering the EU Eastern
Partnership program. The EU cannot take any decision on the Karabakh
issue, because it should be admitted by all the member-states of the
organization. And as it is impossible to take such a decision, the EU
is focusing on the directions of its activity in the South Caucasus
region. The EU cannot either choose between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as
the interests incline it one time to Armenia and another time - to
Azerbaijan. And if the EU wishes to be more actively involved in the
Karabakh settlement process, so, according to Folebuck, the
organization should, first of all, entrust a wide diplomatic mandate
to its representative, which can ensure his active involvement in the
Karabakh-related processes.
The issue of corresponding transformation for conflicts
resolution and establishment of stable peace in Nagorno Karabakh was
touched upon by political sciences lecturer at the American University
of Beirut Johannes Gyukchyan. First of all, transformation of
injustice is needed. Also, the international recognition of the NKR
and its security should be in the focus of attention. For ensuring the
fair solution to the conflict, the historical grounds of the conflict
and the principle of people's self-determination should be considered.
Mr. Gyukchyan believes that Azerbaijan is greatly mistaken, giving the
priority to the territorial integrity, because one of the necessary
conditions for resolving the conflict is establishment of bilateral
relations.
In his speech, true friend of the Armenian people,
Chairman of the France-Artsakh Friendship Circle François Rochebloine
dwelt on the prospects of the conflict settlement. The speaker asked
the audience - how to combine the two contradicting principles of
territorial integrity and people's right to self-determination? The
conflict resolution should be started with the study of the historical
grounds of the conflict. The NKR is an established state with all the
institutes, and its Parliament is operating on the rules that are
followed by the National Assembly of France. In the peaceful
settlement process, the international mediators should take into
account the realities in the political, economic, and cultural fields
of this country. And the direct participation of the NKR
representative in the negotiation process is a must.
Discussing the stance of the Obama Administration on the
Karabakh issue in the context of the USA regional policy, Executive
Director of the Armenian Association of Political Science, PhD
Benjamin Poghossian stated that Azerbaijan's significance for the USA
is obvious. It is explained by the energy carriers' import from the
region, and the fact of strengthening the USA influence on the South
Caucasus processes in the post-Soviet period gets secondary importance
in this case.
The next speaker, Austrian historian, senior researcher at
the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Christophe Benedict touched upon the
European echoes of the Karabakh conflict. According to the historian,
Europe considers it urgent to transform the ways of thinking and the
approaches of the conflicting states' societies, in case of which
mutual contacts and a dialogue will be possible. But, in case of
Azerbaijan the probability of such transformation is equal to zero.
Mr. Benedict's contacts with the Azerbaijani NGOs led him to the
belief that the country is totalitarian where the efforts aimed at the
development of democratic institutes and protection of human rights
fail.
Touching upon the intensification of the EU involvement in
the conflict peaceful settlement process, the historian emphasized
that the EU Special Representative's mandate in the region doesn't
provide him with such a power, and the Eastern Partnership
opportunities are quite limited in this respect.
Speeches were also made by Chairman of the International
Academy of Spiritual Unity of the Peoples of Russia Georgy
Trapeznikov, senior researcher at the Clingendael University Shaun
Riordan, head of the Armenian branch of the Institute of CIS Countries
Alexander Markarov, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute Sergey
Minasyan, and Larisa Alaverdian from the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic)
University.
Panel discussions on `The Prospects of the Economic Development of
Artsakh' took place in the afternoon.
Later, an exchange of opinions took place. The
participants asked their questions, expressed their views, and made
their comments.
NKR NA Chairman Ashot Ghulian summarized the work of the
two-day international scientific conference, highlighting the
scientific and practical significance of similar events, and then
expressed his gratitude to all the participants and organizers of the
conference.
Ruzan ISHKHANIAN
From: Baghdasarian