EUROPEAN OFFICIAL REFERS TO KARABAKH AS SEPARATISTS
Lragir.am
05-11-2007 14:41:38
The local election held in Karabakh a few weeks ago, unlike the
previous election, was not criticized by the Council of Europe, the
reporters reminded Terry Davis visiting Armenia, who is the secretary
general of the Council of Europe, on November 5. Why this time the
CoE did not criticize the NKR local election, the Armenian reporters
asked Davis with irony.
The CoE Secretary General admitted that this time the CoE did not
utter a critical word for the election. He added, however, that the
Nagorno-Karabakh regime is not recognized by the world, and if he
does not condemn the local election, it does not mean he recognizes
it. According to Terry Davis, if he reacts to every similar thing
taking place in the world, time may not be enough. The CoE Secretary
General went so far as to compare it with the barring of a gay parade,
saying that he does not necessarily need to make a statement condemning
the prohibition. Sometimes silence is the best way of expressing
disagreement, says the secretary general of the Council of Europe,
who perhaps does not know that in the Armenian culture it is quite
the opposite, and silence is a sign of approval.
The reporters also asked why Terry Davis refers to Karabakh as a
regime while he does not refer similarly to Kosovo. Davis explained
that there is a major difference between Karabakh and Kosovo. The
CoE Secretary General says there is no separatist regime in Kosovo,
the United Nations rules there.
Terry Davis says he understands that some in Kosovo want to
separate from Serbia but it is not the government. He compares the
Nagorno-Karabakh government with Abkhazia, Transdniestr and other
similar subjects, referring to them as separatist regimes.