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NAGORNO-KARABAKH CASE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF KOSOVO, CORNELL
AzerTac
July 28 2010
Azerbaijan
Svante Cornell, director of the Washington-based Central Asia-Caucasus
Institute of the John Hopkins University, has said the case of
Nagorno-Karabakh was very different from that of Kosovo.
"One difference is the extent of human rights violations and the
changes in population structure. In the case of Kosovo, there was
ethnic cleansing committed against Kosovars by Serbia, which is what
triggered multilateral international intervention under the NATO
umbrella. Thus, international intervention restored the demographic
status before the war.â~@~]
Cornell said in the case of Nagorno-Karabakh â~@~\the situation is
very differentâ~@¦â~@~]
He noted there was massive ethnic cleansing committed by the separatist
side, especially in the case of Karabakh in 1992-93.
â~@~\These are, therefore, in many ways mirror images of the Kosovo
situation, strongly weakening the case for independence made by the
separatists. It is a long-standing principle of international law
that it is unacceptable to first alter the demographic situation and
then make political declarations of independence."
From: A. Papazian
AzerTac
July 28 2010
Azerbaijan
Svante Cornell, director of the Washington-based Central Asia-Caucasus
Institute of the John Hopkins University, has said the case of
Nagorno-Karabakh was very different from that of Kosovo.
"One difference is the extent of human rights violations and the
changes in population structure. In the case of Kosovo, there was
ethnic cleansing committed against Kosovars by Serbia, which is what
triggered multilateral international intervention under the NATO
umbrella. Thus, international intervention restored the demographic
status before the war.â~@~]
Cornell said in the case of Nagorno-Karabakh â~@~\the situation is
very differentâ~@¦â~@~]
He noted there was massive ethnic cleansing committed by the separatist
side, especially in the case of Karabakh in 1992-93.
â~@~\These are, therefore, in many ways mirror images of the Kosovo
situation, strongly weakening the case for independence made by the
separatists. It is a long-standing principle of international law
that it is unacceptable to first alter the demographic situation and
then make political declarations of independence."
From: A. Papazian