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    POLITICAL SCIENTIST: ARMENIA RUINS REMAINING PRESTIGE BY TRYING TO LEGITIMIZE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES

    Trend
    Jan 14 2011
    Azerbaijan

    Armenia stroke another blow to the remnants of its prestige by trying
    to legitimize the recognition of illegal structures, Azerbaijani
    political analyst and Trend Expert Council member Fikret Sadikhov said
    today. He made the statement while commenting on Armenian President
    Serzh Sargsyan's decree on the amendments to the law on international
    treaties.

    Sargsyan signed the amendments to the law, which was adopted by
    parliament on Dec. 17, Novosti-Armenia reported. The amendments
    regulate the relations between Armenia and unrecognized territories
    in matters of peace, human rights, and humanitarian, financial and
    economic assistance. The bill states that unrecognized territories
    may be a party to an international treaty.

    Last year put an end to Armenian euphoria about any recognition of
    Nagorno Karabakh as a state, the analyst said. Such illusions burst
    like a soap bubble, he added.

    "Naturally, in this situation, the Armenian side is trying to
    demonstrate to its public and the diaspora that it may, if necessary,
    recognize these self-proclaimed republics and try to engage them in
    some sort of contact," Sadikhov said. "But everything is so virtual
    and improbable that it causes not bitterness, but rather irony and
    laughter."

    Sadikhov said if Armenia recognizes Nagorno Karabakh, or Transdniester
    or Abkhazia in the future, "absolutely nothing will change," and no
    legal changes will be made to international law. This is obvious to
    the international community, he said.

    "There is no country or international organization in the world that
    does not recognize Azerbaijan's territorial integrity. Naturally, it's
    annoying to Armenia, and Yerevan is taking these steps in the hope
    that by recognizing the independence of some secessionist formations,
    perhaps, it will comfort its hopes and calm the more nationalist
    circles in Armenia," he added.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
    armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
    including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts.

    Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
    co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
    are currently holding the peace negotiations.

    Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
    resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
    surrounding regions.




    From: A. Papazian
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