VAHAN HOVHANNISIAN: AZERBAIJAN WANTS TO RECOGNIZE RESULTS NEITHER OF
ALREADY HELD REFERENDUM NOR OF ONE TO BE HELD IN FUTURE

YEREVAN, JUNE8, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Nagorno Karabakh
was the first in the post-Soviet territory that used the right of
one-side self-determination by a held referendum, thus, within the
international norms. But then the public opinion of the world was yet
not ready to accept such a mechanism completely. Vahan Hovhannisian,
the RA NA Deputy Speaker, ARF Bureau member stated about it,
responding journalists’ questions on June 7. According to him, the
time showed that that mechanism functions, becomes usable and enters
international political practice. He mentioned as examples factual
independence of Eastern Timor, Eritrea, already of Chernogoria at
present, maybe the possible one of Kosovo in future. According to
V.Hovhannisian it is incomprehensible why that mechanism must not
function in Nagorno Karabakh. The NA Deputy Speaker noticed that if in
the case of self-determination of Chernogoria, Serbia, however,
recognized results of the referendum of separating from it, Azerbaijan
fostered a coarse position and does not want to recognize results of
not only already held referendum but also of one to be held in future.