RA FM: WE DON’T SEEK FOR PRECEDENTS IN KARABKAH ISSUE

PanARMENIAN.Net
04.12.2007 15:25 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Irrespective of our wish, precedents have certain
weight in international relations. With the lapse of time, their
repetition transforms into norms of international law. However, we
do not seek for precedents in the Karabakh issue," Armenian Foreign
Minister Vartan Oskanian said when asked whether Kosovo model can
become a precedent for the Karabakh problem.

"Our approach to conflict settlement is unchangeable: all conflicts
are unique and each resolution can have its specific form. The more so
because the talks on Karabakh are held in the framework of Karabakhi
people’s right to self-determination. History can’t be turned back. If
the Kosovo problem is not a precedent, so we would not admit logic
opposite to the precedent.

In other words, if the international community wants to bring
to the notion of Karabakhi population that Kosovo’s independence
doesn’t imply independence of Karabakh, it should also explain to
Azerbaijan that Nagorno Karabakh can exercise the right of nations
to self-determination. Consequently, proceeding from peculiarities
and logic of the talks each conflict should receive an individual
solution," the Minister told Kommersant daily.