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ARMENIA HAS NOT RECOGNIZED NAGORNO-KARABAKH REPUBLIC
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Nov 14 2014
14 November 2014 - 1:27pm
The Armenian parliament has received a bill on the concepts of military
and political bases of security enforcement in the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic and the Republic of Armenia this week, presented by the
Heritage Party (opposition). The document stipulates official
recognition of the occupation regime of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Zaruhi Postanjyan, a member of the Heritage Party, said that it
was high time to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. "If
Yerevan sets the goal of international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh,
Armenia, as a subject of international law, should be the first one
to do that," said Postanjyan, adding that foreign diplomats inspired
the idea.
The parliament disapproved of the initiative and refused to vote
for it. Levon Zurabyan, the head of the parliamentary faction the
Armenian National Congress, noted that such a political step would
have been hasty. "It means unilateral withdrawal from peace treaties
on a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and threatening to
ruin them, resulting in the isolation of Armenia and growing risks
of combat resuming," explained Zurabyan.
Vice Speaker of Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov expressed confidence that
unilateral recognition of the separatist regime would have become an
obstacle to the peace process. In his words, Armenia is working and
should continue to work on convincing the world of the inevitability
of international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Alexander Iskandaryan, the director of the Institute for the Caucasus,
told Vestnik Kavkaza that the bill had initially been destined to
fail in the parliament because its purpose was simply to draw public
attention to the Heritage Party. "It is not the first time a bill
has been introduced for consideration at the National Assembly in one
form or another. Usually, it is composed and proposed by opposition
parties. This time, it was introduced by MPs of the Heritage Party
that has several seats in the parliament. It is done in the form of,
let's say, an internal political discourse," he noted.
"There are no prospects of passing the bill, but such documents usually
draw attention of mass media and the population. I clarify that there
is nothing even about the struggle for power, because there will be
no elections in the near future," concluded Alexander Iskandaryan.
Sergey Markov, the head of the Russian Public Chamber commission for
international cooperation and public diplomacy, the director of the
Institute for Political Research, associated the bill with activation
of Armenian policy. "Several factors come into force here. First
of all, there being a choice - to go for a semi-colonial system of
association with the European Union or to join the Eurasian Economic
Union - the Armenian policy needs to maneuver now, because it fears
Russia and the U.S. The policy of complementarianism chosen by Armenian
authorities is very stressing per se. Besides, Russian-Azerbaijani
relations are quickly improving, it cannot be left without concerns
in Yerevan. Such emotional searches for any possible models appear
in such stress," opined the expert.
Markov emphasized that true recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic would have complicated the conflict. "First of all, it
became clear from the very beginning that Armenia is trying to go in
a contrary direction, instead of compromise with Azerbaijan. Besides
that, serious problems occurred for Armenia in joining the Eurasian
Economic Union, because member-states of the EaEU - Russia, Kazakhstan,
Belarus - are opposed to escalation of tensions in the region, they
also value relations with Azerbaijan," he clarified.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/analysis/politics/62147.html
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Nov 14 2014
14 November 2014 - 1:27pm
The Armenian parliament has received a bill on the concepts of military
and political bases of security enforcement in the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic and the Republic of Armenia this week, presented by the
Heritage Party (opposition). The document stipulates official
recognition of the occupation regime of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Zaruhi Postanjyan, a member of the Heritage Party, said that it
was high time to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. "If
Yerevan sets the goal of international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh,
Armenia, as a subject of international law, should be the first one
to do that," said Postanjyan, adding that foreign diplomats inspired
the idea.
The parliament disapproved of the initiative and refused to vote
for it. Levon Zurabyan, the head of the parliamentary faction the
Armenian National Congress, noted that such a political step would
have been hasty. "It means unilateral withdrawal from peace treaties
on a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and threatening to
ruin them, resulting in the isolation of Armenia and growing risks
of combat resuming," explained Zurabyan.
Vice Speaker of Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov expressed confidence that
unilateral recognition of the separatist regime would have become an
obstacle to the peace process. In his words, Armenia is working and
should continue to work on convincing the world of the inevitability
of international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Alexander Iskandaryan, the director of the Institute for the Caucasus,
told Vestnik Kavkaza that the bill had initially been destined to
fail in the parliament because its purpose was simply to draw public
attention to the Heritage Party. "It is not the first time a bill
has been introduced for consideration at the National Assembly in one
form or another. Usually, it is composed and proposed by opposition
parties. This time, it was introduced by MPs of the Heritage Party
that has several seats in the parliament. It is done in the form of,
let's say, an internal political discourse," he noted.
"There are no prospects of passing the bill, but such documents usually
draw attention of mass media and the population. I clarify that there
is nothing even about the struggle for power, because there will be
no elections in the near future," concluded Alexander Iskandaryan.
Sergey Markov, the head of the Russian Public Chamber commission for
international cooperation and public diplomacy, the director of the
Institute for Political Research, associated the bill with activation
of Armenian policy. "Several factors come into force here. First
of all, there being a choice - to go for a semi-colonial system of
association with the European Union or to join the Eurasian Economic
Union - the Armenian policy needs to maneuver now, because it fears
Russia and the U.S. The policy of complementarianism chosen by Armenian
authorities is very stressing per se. Besides, Russian-Azerbaijani
relations are quickly improving, it cannot be left without concerns
in Yerevan. Such emotional searches for any possible models appear
in such stress," opined the expert.
Markov emphasized that true recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic would have complicated the conflict. "First of all, it
became clear from the very beginning that Armenia is trying to go in
a contrary direction, instead of compromise with Azerbaijan. Besides
that, serious problems occurred for Armenia in joining the Eurasian
Economic Union, because member-states of the EaEU - Russia, Kazakhstan,
Belarus - are opposed to escalation of tensions in the region, they
also value relations with Azerbaijan," he clarified.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/analysis/politics/62147.html