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    CONSOLIDATION IS AN IMPORTANT CONDITION FOR THE IRREVERSIBILITY OF THE PROCESS OF THE NKR RECOGNITION

    http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=832:-consolidation-is-an-important-condition-for-the-irreversibility-of-the-process-of-the-nkr-recognition&catid=3:all&Itemid=4
    Monday, 29 October 2012 15:49

    On October 25, an event took place, the information about which
    immediately appeared on the front pages of news agencies. On this day,
    the Legislative Council, or the Upper House of the Parliament of the
    largest state of Australia - New South Wales - unanimously adopted
    a resolution recognizing the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and the right
    of the Karabakh people to self-determination.

    As informed by the Armenian National Committee of Australia, the
    resolution also called on the Australian Government "to officially
    recognize the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and to
    intensify the relations of Australia with Nagorno-Karabakh and its
    citizens."

    The paper emphasizes the efforts of Nagorno-Karabakh to establish a
    free and democratic society through legitimate elections, supports the
    involvement of Nagorno-Karabakh in the international community. The
    resolution also calls for cooperation with the international community
    to address the regional issues and to establish peace and stability,
    for continuation of the humanitarian and economic assistance to
    Karabakh.

    Perhaps, it is needless to say that the resolution was a very
    important event for Artsakh towards the achievement of the
    international recognition of its de facto independence. The event
    is not really ordinary, but it should be noted that it was logical
    continuation of the started process of recognition of the right of
    Nagorno-Karabakh's people to independent determination of their own
    political future. We can say that we are witnessing revision by the
    diplomacies of Armenia and the NKR of their foreign policy priorities
    in the Karabakh settlement. As known, a long time both Armenia and
    Nagorno-Karabakh focused their efforts primarily on the negotiation
    process, on the search of a compromise solution to the Karabakh issue.

    Moreover, the possibility of achieving legal recognition of the
    NKR independence was considered by both Armenian parties only as
    an alternative in case of Azerbaijan's destructive behavior and its
    breakdown of the negotiations.

    In fact, the hard, frankly speaking, divorced from the reality
    maximalist position of Azerbaijan at the negotiations within the
    OSCE Minsk Group, which cannot achieve an objective solution to the
    problem for two decades, "thanks to" Azerbaijan, did not leave any
    room for optimism. The situation has, as they say, matured, and in the
    existing conditions, the two Armenian states are increasingly talking
    at different levels about the need of opening the second track, i.e.

    along with the negotiations under the auspices of the Minsk Group
    to conduct active diplomatic and lobbing works on achieving the
    recognition of the NKR independence. Judging by the recent events,
    the process has started. As you know, this year the legislative
    bodies of two U.S. states - Rhode Island and Massachusetts - have
    adopted resolutions calling on the U.S. President and Congress
    to recognize the NKR independence. And now is the resolution of
    the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It is noteworthy that
    while the first two resolutions, though imperatively called on the
    U.S. authorities to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh,
    were of a recommendation character, the resolution of Wales, along
    with a similar appeal to the Australian Government, in fact, recognized
    the NKR independence.

    It should be noted that the appearance of all of the resolutions
    were facilitated by several factors. First of all, perhaps, we can
    talk about the tendencies of development of the world processes of
    formation of new independent states, as we have already written. The
    world seems to begin to recognize the priority of the right of peoples
    to self-determination, fairly considering its implementation as a key
    element in maintaining stability in any region. Surely, in some cases,
    as in ours, the notorious principle of double standards is acting,
    but in general, we think it cannot significantly affect the objective
    course of development of the above-mentioned processes.

    A very important factor for supporting the NKR independence is the
    Republic's commitment to the democratic path of development, which is
    noted in the Australian resolution. Adherence to democratic principles
    and norms of public life arrangement, which has been confirmed
    repeatedly by numerous different-level nationwide elections, could not
    but be noticed and appreciated by the international community. The
    contrast between Nagorno-Karabakh, which, in fact, has proved its
    respect for democratic values, and Azerbaijan, with its image of a
    non-free and utterly corrupt state, is too large. The international
    scandal, caused by the pardon and glorification of night-slayer
    Safarov, has convincingly proved that Nagorno-Karabakh cannot be
    driven into criminal Azerbaijan, which is akin to a crime.

    And the main thing I would like to stress is the diplomatic efforts
    of Armenia and the NKR and the use of the political potential of the
    Diaspora. Life has shown that skilful combination of all these factors
    pays off. The petrodollar lobbying of Azerbaijan, which is nothing but
    outright bribery, should be opposed to the Armenian lobbying based
    on the truth about Nagorno-Karabakh and the requirement to respect
    the people's choice. To summarize, we should note the necessity of
    conducting more intensive foreign policy by Armenia and the NKR in the
    Karabakh direction, as well as effective use of the enormous political
    resources of the Diaspora, which should ensure the irreversibility
    of the started process of the international recognition of the NKR
    independence.

    Leonid MARTIROSSIAN

    Editor-in-Chief of Azat Artsakh newspaper

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