Nagornyy Karabakh republic urges respect for right to self-determination

Mediamax news agency
25 May 06

Yerevan, 25 May: The foreign ministry of the Nagornyy Karabakh
republic today made a statement on the independence referendum in
Montenegro.

“The holding of the independence referendum in Montenegro and the
readiness of the international community to accept its results are a
positive fact on the whole. We are sure that respect for the people’s
right to self-determination, exercised in a nationwide referendum, is
the cornerstone of the settlement of such situations and is a tool for
the establishment of political stability in the conflict zone.

“In this regard, it is expedient to recall that disrespect for the
right of the Nagornyy Karabakh people, which voted for independence in
a referendum held on 10 December 1991, in fact served as a basis for
Azerbaijan’s further military aggression against the Nagornyy Karabakh
republic and led to numerous casualties and destruction.

“Further disrespect in the process of settling the Azerbaijan-Armenian
Nagornyy Karabakh conflict for the right of the Nagornyy Karabakh
people to self-determination and to political independence and
economic and military security will delay a mutually acceptable
settlement and the establishment of a lasting peace and mutual
understanding in the region.”