NAGORNO-KARABAKH MUST INTENSIFY ITS WORK TOWARDS ITS INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

arminfo
2007-07-03 23:19:00

Nagorno-Karabakh must intensify its work towards its international
recognition, Nagorno-Karabakh President Arkady Ghoukassyan said while
giving a lecture in Russian-Armenian University today.

"If Azerbaijan continues doing propaganda instead of searching for
solutions to the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict, we will have to review
some of our approaches and to search for ways-out of this situation,"
Ghoukassyan said. He noted that neither the international law not
the UN charter exclude support for nations seeking self-determination.

Nagorno-Karabakh has explained to the international community why it
wants independence and hopes for their understanding.

The key argument of Nagorno-Karabakh in the matter is that all its
efforts to involve Azerbaijan in constructive peace process are
failing. And so, it can ask the international community to consider
recognizing our independence irrespective of Azerbaijan’s position.

"We don’t say that we have already solved our problems and we do
not care for Azerbaijan’s opinion. We urge Baku to jointly solve the
problem of Nagorno-Karabakh’s status. If they ignore our calls we will
intensify our efforts in international organizations," Ghoukassyan
said. He noted that the only factor keeping Nagorno-Karabakh from
this step is the urges not to hurry and the assurances that there
is still hope for progress. Today, the world is obsessed with the
idea of political solution but if we worked with legislation a bit,
we would be able to pave the way for political solution.