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IMPLEMENTATION OF DOUBLE STANDARDS IS A PREROGATIVE OF POWER-HOLDERS
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.09.2008 GMT+04:00
The term "precedent" strongly entered into the everyday life of
diplomats and politicians shortly after the recognition of Kosovo's
independence.
Reproaching the West with the implementation of double standards,
at times we refuse them to Russia, the so-called strategic ally
of Armenia. In fact, any power-holder adheres to this principle
regarding small and weak countries. The latest statement of RF Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov can testify for it. "The recognition by Russia
of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia does not set a
precedent for other post-Soviet breakaway regions - Transnistria and
Nagorno-Karabakh," RF FM noted.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The term "precedent" strongly entered into
the everyday life of diplomats and politicians shortly after the
recognition of Kosovo's independence and, to all appearances, it
will still be used both to the point and beside it. In this case, the
contrast between Nagorno-Karabakh and Transnistria, South Ossetia and
Abkhazia, and earlier also Kosovo is far-fetched. The reason is quite
banal - Russia can introduce its forces neither into Nagorno-Karabakh
nor into Transnistria for various reasons. A great role is played
here by the unwillingness of the people of NKR and PMR to be under
foreign protectorate, be it in the first case Armenia and in the
second - Moldova. However, Russia obviously enjoyed intervention
in world politics and came to a decision that she can dictate her
will. By the way she is not alone in this respect - the USA gives
an equal treatment too. The only point where the world powers share
similar views is their "refusal of precedent", which has existed at
all times, including the 21st century. One could say that the first
precedent after the World War II was the violation of Yalta decisions
on the immovability of the borders, which in 1991 in no way fitted
into the model of 1945. Delineated zonal influences and freaks of the
post-war Europe borders had nothing in common with the actual state
of affairs. They only fixed the victory over Germany. The same can be
said about the inner borders of the USSR; being fixed imperiously,
they caused many conflicts in the post-Soviet territory. And if so,
the statements of the RF Foreign Minister and the US Secretary of
State are nothing but a sly move and hypocrisy.
"Russia will actively promote a peaceful solution to all the
conflicts in the CIS [Commonwealth of Independent States], respecting
International Law, UN Charter principles and existing agreements,
in search of harmony between conflicting states. We will pursue our
mediatory mission in peace talks, including over Transnistria and
Nagorno Karabakh. However, the South Ossetian crisis does not set a
precedent for them," declared Lavrov at the Council of Federation,
the upper chamber of the Russian parliament on Thursday.
Most likely Lavrov's statements were dictated by the latest visit
of the Azerbaijani President to Moscow. And though Russia will
hardly make a curtsey to Baku, additional support should never be
refused, especially when Azerbaijan turns its problems into trumps
for trade. According to Russian analysts Baku gives Americans a cold
reception to make them understand that the price for Baku's benevolence
has sharply risen. It carefully follows the warming process between
Armenia and Turkey, and welcomes the attempt of Turkey to fill up
the futility that the OSCE Minsk Group has been trying to embody in
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict regulation. Besides, Baku knows very
well that its standpoint of assessing the situation is extremely
interesting to Moscow.
"Azerbaijan is one of the major factors of instability in the region,
and no one relies on more than the neutrality of Baku. At the same
time everyone, and first of Baku, knows that it can conduct a long-term
and successful trade through neutrality," gzt.ru reports.
Meanwhile, according to William J. Burns, US Undersecretary for
Political Affairs, the United States is committed to redoubling efforts
to ease tensions and resolve conflicts throughout the region. "The
U.S. Government will do all it can to encourage the parties to show
greater flexibility and creativity in their negotiations. We will do
everything possible to promote a just and lasting settlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict," noted the US Undersecretary, the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations informs.
The only positive side in current proceedings is the fact that
Nagorno-Karabakh people, as we have repeatedly mentioned, are in no
need of "fair" regulation.
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.09.2008 GMT+04:00
The term "precedent" strongly entered into the everyday life of
diplomats and politicians shortly after the recognition of Kosovo's
independence.
Reproaching the West with the implementation of double standards,
at times we refuse them to Russia, the so-called strategic ally
of Armenia. In fact, any power-holder adheres to this principle
regarding small and weak countries. The latest statement of RF Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov can testify for it. "The recognition by Russia
of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia does not set a
precedent for other post-Soviet breakaway regions - Transnistria and
Nagorno-Karabakh," RF FM noted.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The term "precedent" strongly entered into
the everyday life of diplomats and politicians shortly after the
recognition of Kosovo's independence and, to all appearances, it
will still be used both to the point and beside it. In this case, the
contrast between Nagorno-Karabakh and Transnistria, South Ossetia and
Abkhazia, and earlier also Kosovo is far-fetched. The reason is quite
banal - Russia can introduce its forces neither into Nagorno-Karabakh
nor into Transnistria for various reasons. A great role is played
here by the unwillingness of the people of NKR and PMR to be under
foreign protectorate, be it in the first case Armenia and in the
second - Moldova. However, Russia obviously enjoyed intervention
in world politics and came to a decision that she can dictate her
will. By the way she is not alone in this respect - the USA gives
an equal treatment too. The only point where the world powers share
similar views is their "refusal of precedent", which has existed at
all times, including the 21st century. One could say that the first
precedent after the World War II was the violation of Yalta decisions
on the immovability of the borders, which in 1991 in no way fitted
into the model of 1945. Delineated zonal influences and freaks of the
post-war Europe borders had nothing in common with the actual state
of affairs. They only fixed the victory over Germany. The same can be
said about the inner borders of the USSR; being fixed imperiously,
they caused many conflicts in the post-Soviet territory. And if so,
the statements of the RF Foreign Minister and the US Secretary of
State are nothing but a sly move and hypocrisy.
"Russia will actively promote a peaceful solution to all the
conflicts in the CIS [Commonwealth of Independent States], respecting
International Law, UN Charter principles and existing agreements,
in search of harmony between conflicting states. We will pursue our
mediatory mission in peace talks, including over Transnistria and
Nagorno Karabakh. However, the South Ossetian crisis does not set a
precedent for them," declared Lavrov at the Council of Federation,
the upper chamber of the Russian parliament on Thursday.
Most likely Lavrov's statements were dictated by the latest visit
of the Azerbaijani President to Moscow. And though Russia will
hardly make a curtsey to Baku, additional support should never be
refused, especially when Azerbaijan turns its problems into trumps
for trade. According to Russian analysts Baku gives Americans a cold
reception to make them understand that the price for Baku's benevolence
has sharply risen. It carefully follows the warming process between
Armenia and Turkey, and welcomes the attempt of Turkey to fill up
the futility that the OSCE Minsk Group has been trying to embody in
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict regulation. Besides, Baku knows very
well that its standpoint of assessing the situation is extremely
interesting to Moscow.
"Azerbaijan is one of the major factors of instability in the region,
and no one relies on more than the neutrality of Baku. At the same
time everyone, and first of Baku, knows that it can conduct a long-term
and successful trade through neutrality," gzt.ru reports.
Meanwhile, according to William J. Burns, US Undersecretary for
Political Affairs, the United States is committed to redoubling efforts
to ease tensions and resolve conflicts throughout the region. "The
U.S. Government will do all it can to encourage the parties to show
greater flexibility and creativity in their negotiations. We will do
everything possible to promote a just and lasting settlement of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict," noted the US Undersecretary, the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations informs.
The only positive side in current proceedings is the fact that
Nagorno-Karabakh people, as we have repeatedly mentioned, are in no
need of "fair" regulation.