PanArmenian News Network
July 28 2005
«STANDARDS FIRST, THEN STATUS» FORMULA ACCEPTABLE FOR KARABAKH
28.07.2005 08:47
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Deputy Foreign Minister of Nagorno Karabakh Masis
Mailyan the other day participated in Conflicts in the South
Caucasus: Security Issues and Developments seminar in Tbilisi,
reported the Press Service of the NKR MFA. In his speech the NK
representative noted the need to proceed from the available reality
and put up with the idea that two separate states – Azerbaijan and NK
were formed in the territory of the former Azeri SSR in the course of
the collapse of the USSR. The matter should concern not
subordination, but peaceful coexistence of two state formations,
which would secure regional stability and development. Masis Mailyan
noted that experts, who are familiar with South Caucasian conflicts,
underscore that taking into account democratic processes in Nagorno
Karabakh, it is more than ready to be at least recognized an equal
party at the talks. Speaking of the significance of the Tbilisi
seminar, M. Mailyan specially emphasized the «standards first, then
status» formula worked out by Americans before the settlement of the
situation in Kosovo, which says «a formation, which complies with
state standards, can be recognized as subject of international law…»
Such a formula fits the goals of Nagorno Karabakh, as during the
years of its existence the NKR tried to form a legal framework and
society complying with international standards. «In this respect we
can hope for certain prospects,» Masis Mailyan summed up.