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Karabakh independence was key historic landmark - opinion
15:08 * 02.09.14
The proclamation of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) as an independent
republic was an important landmark for our future, a historian has
said, remembering the developments that led to the country's
independence.
"September 2 marked the birth of the second Armenian republic. Artsakh
proclaimed itself a republic much earlier than did the Republic of
Armenia," Edik Minasyan, the dean of the Yerevan State University's
History Department, told reporters at a news conference dedicated to
the 23rd anniversary of Nagorno-Karabakh's independence.
The historian remembered that the situation in Artsakh was extremely
complicated in the early 1990's, with Soviet Azerbaijan pursuing the
policy of the Armenians' deportation in collaboration with the USSR
forces.
Minasyan noted that Azerbaijan proclaimed independence in the wake of
a parliament decision adopted in August 1991. "The question should
have been rapidly resolved under such circumstances, given especially
that there were all the legal and historical conditions for declaring
the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic an independent state. The USSR law
allowed for that," he explained.
The historian noted that Karabakh never before made part of the
Azerbaijani republic, adding that the fact never prevented the latter
from exercising violence against the former autonomous region.
He noted further that the proclamation of Karabakh was consistent with
the norms and principles of international law, with the country
subsequentluy electing a parliament and adopting its state flag, coat
of arm and national anthem. "The defense of Artsakh and Armenia's
borders is in reliable hands today," Minasyan said.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/09/02/Edik-minasyan/
15:08 * 02.09.14
The proclamation of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) as an independent
republic was an important landmark for our future, a historian has
said, remembering the developments that led to the country's
independence.
"September 2 marked the birth of the second Armenian republic. Artsakh
proclaimed itself a republic much earlier than did the Republic of
Armenia," Edik Minasyan, the dean of the Yerevan State University's
History Department, told reporters at a news conference dedicated to
the 23rd anniversary of Nagorno-Karabakh's independence.
The historian remembered that the situation in Artsakh was extremely
complicated in the early 1990's, with Soviet Azerbaijan pursuing the
policy of the Armenians' deportation in collaboration with the USSR
forces.
Minasyan noted that Azerbaijan proclaimed independence in the wake of
a parliament decision adopted in August 1991. "The question should
have been rapidly resolved under such circumstances, given especially
that there were all the legal and historical conditions for declaring
the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic an independent state. The USSR law
allowed for that," he explained.
The historian noted that Karabakh never before made part of the
Azerbaijani republic, adding that the fact never prevented the latter
from exercising violence against the former autonomous region.
He noted further that the proclamation of Karabakh was consistent with
the norms and principles of international law, with the country
subsequentluy electing a parliament and adopting its state flag, coat
of arm and national anthem. "The defense of Artsakh and Armenia's
borders is in reliable hands today," Minasyan said.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/09/02/Edik-minasyan/