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NAGORNO-KARABAKH AND KOSOVO
Elmira Tariverdiyeva
Vestnik Kavkaza
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/29694.html
Aug 2 2012
Russia
On July 19, Nagorno-Karabakh held so-called presidential elections.
Azerbaijan called them a provocation. Baku was furious that there
were people who went to Nagorno-Karabakh as observers - they came to
observe an illegal procedure in a territory which is not recognized
as an independent state by any country of the world.
The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security
Policy, Catherine Ashton, made a statement on "the presidential
elections" and noted that the European Union didn't recognize the
constitutional and legal limits within which they would be held. These
"elections" should not damage the determination of the future status
of Nagorno-Karabakh. The position was supported by Lithuania, Hungary,
Switzerland, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Romania and
Georgia. The leading mediators on the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh
- the OSCE Minsk Group - also made statements that none of three
countries that co-chair the OSCE MG or any other country in the world
recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state.
The co-chairs emphasized that the procedure which took place on July 19
didn't determine the legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh or the results
of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Russia made its
own separate statement. "We, as well as other countries of the world,
do not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state and we don't
think the so-called elections could define the future peacemaking
process around the territory," the official representative of the
Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Lukashevich said.
However, an MP from the LDPR, Alexander Balberov, came from Moscow to
observe "the elections." "Vladimir Zhirinovsky and we, MPs, will do
our best for the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to be recognized someday,"
Balberov said, comparing Kosovo and Karabakh. Baku considered the
statement as strange - Kosovo is governed by the UN, while military
men of the EU provide security guarantees. At the same time, no country
has recognized Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state, while Kosovo
is recognized by more than 80 countries, and they say that the Kosovo
case cannot be a precedent for other territorial conflicts.
Kosovo doesn't recognize Nagorno-Karabakh, while Armenia, which urges
recognition of Karabakh, doesn't recognize Kosovo. Probably Armenia
doesn't want to irritate Moscow.
Meanwhile, separatist regimes stand in their own light. Non-recognized
and hsemi-recognized states will never be involved in the processes of
regional trading and economic or transit-infrastructural cooperation.
People who live, for example, in Karabakh will always be threatened
by the possibility of the conflict renewing. People don't want
independence anymore, they want to live a normal life, because they
have only one life.
From: A. Papazian
Elmira Tariverdiyeva
Vestnik Kavkaza
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/29694.html
Aug 2 2012
Russia
On July 19, Nagorno-Karabakh held so-called presidential elections.
Azerbaijan called them a provocation. Baku was furious that there
were people who went to Nagorno-Karabakh as observers - they came to
observe an illegal procedure in a territory which is not recognized
as an independent state by any country of the world.
The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security
Policy, Catherine Ashton, made a statement on "the presidential
elections" and noted that the European Union didn't recognize the
constitutional and legal limits within which they would be held. These
"elections" should not damage the determination of the future status
of Nagorno-Karabakh. The position was supported by Lithuania, Hungary,
Switzerland, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Romania and
Georgia. The leading mediators on the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh
- the OSCE Minsk Group - also made statements that none of three
countries that co-chair the OSCE MG or any other country in the world
recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state.
The co-chairs emphasized that the procedure which took place on July 19
didn't determine the legal status of Nagorno-Karabakh or the results
of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Russia made its
own separate statement. "We, as well as other countries of the world,
do not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state and we don't
think the so-called elections could define the future peacemaking
process around the territory," the official representative of the
Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Lukashevich said.
However, an MP from the LDPR, Alexander Balberov, came from Moscow to
observe "the elections." "Vladimir Zhirinovsky and we, MPs, will do
our best for the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to be recognized someday,"
Balberov said, comparing Kosovo and Karabakh. Baku considered the
statement as strange - Kosovo is governed by the UN, while military
men of the EU provide security guarantees. At the same time, no country
has recognized Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state, while Kosovo
is recognized by more than 80 countries, and they say that the Kosovo
case cannot be a precedent for other territorial conflicts.
Kosovo doesn't recognize Nagorno-Karabakh, while Armenia, which urges
recognition of Karabakh, doesn't recognize Kosovo. Probably Armenia
doesn't want to irritate Moscow.
Meanwhile, separatist regimes stand in their own light. Non-recognized
and hsemi-recognized states will never be involved in the processes of
regional trading and economic or transit-infrastructural cooperation.
People who live, for example, in Karabakh will always be threatened
by the possibility of the conflict renewing. People don't want
independence anymore, they want to live a normal life, because they
have only one life.
From: A. Papazian