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15:01 02/09/06
NAGORNO KARABAKH QUALIFIES FOR RIGHT OF
SELF-DETERMINATION, AUA LAW DEPARTMENT DEAN SAYS
`Nagorno Karabakh is a conflict not only between
Armenia and Azerbaijan but also between two core
principles of the international law – the right of
self-determination and the right of territorial
integration. We must always remember that whatever is
gained on the battle field in early 90s is only half
of the work. Similar victory is needed in the legal
and political field,’ Emil Babayan, dean of law
faculty at the American University of Armenia, told a
discussion on the concept of self-determination. The
seminar was dedicated to the 15th anniversary of
Nagorno Karabakh’s independence. Babayan detailed the
preconditions which make a nation entitled to the
right of self-determination and said people of Nagorno
Karabakh fully qualify to that. /Panorama.am/