RICHARD GIRAGOSIAN: STATUS OF NAGORNO KARABAKH IS THE ACTUAL STATE OF NKR

PanARMENIAN.Net
03.07.2007 14:00 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ As times goes by chances of Azerbaijan to return
Nagorno Karabakh are decreasing.

The status of Nagorno Karabakh is the actual state of NKR,
expert-analyst from the Jane’s Research Center Richard Giragosian
stated to the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist. He said, the settlement
of the Kosovo conflict is very important in this regard. "Kosovo
may become a precedent for Nagorno Karabakh, since that province
will acquire independence based on the right of nations to
self-determination. Moscow and Washington have differences on
Kosovo, however their differences do not lie in the issue to
grant independence to Kosovo but in the mechanisms around it,"
he said. R. Giragosian underlined that Kosovo’s independence is an
accomplished fact. "Moscow uses his veto power in the UN Security
Council over the draft resolution, which grants Kosovo independence.

Meanwhile Washington declares that he recognizes the independence of
Kosovo even in case of Moscow’s veto.

If the principle of self-determination is applicable to Kosovo, why
it cannot be used in case of NK? Here the fact that Kosovo problem is
being settled via self-determination is very important and it gives
a subject for negotiations if the world likes it or no.

I don’t think that anyone has a ready formula, however it is necessary
to accept the realities, including the OSCE MG. And the reality is
the fact that Karabakh cannot ever become a part of Azerbaijan. I
am sure that politicians in Moscow, Washington and Paris perfectly
realize it," Richard Giragosian underscored.