IT IS PARTISAN, IF HIGH POLITICS AND THE CENTRALITY OF GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION CANNOT SERVE TO TRUMP INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE CUSTOMARY PRACTICE OF ITS APPLICATION AS IT REFERS TO ISSUES SUCH AS SELF-DETERMINATION AND SOVEREIGNTY, ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN SAID IN PACE
arminfo
2008-01-23 14:26:00
ArmInfo. It is partisan, if high politics and the centrality of
geographical location cannot serve to trump international law and the
customary practice of its application as it refers to issues such
as self-determination and sovereignty, the leader of the Heritage
party Raffi Hovannisian said in his speech at PACE session, as he
told ArmInfo correspondent later.
To note, Raffi Hovannisian made a speech in PACE after Lord
Russel-Johnston’s report on future status of Kosovo. ‘Each of us might
have our own national historical narratives, our political positions,
but we cannot allow ourselves to live in a Europe, in a world, where
we say nothing has to do with anything else. Everything is connected
with everything else and we must allow ourselves to realise the role
of politicians and diplomats, of citizens of Europe, who apply the
same rules and criteria across the board. This is a very European
thing. It is a human imperative as well’, – Hovannisian said in his
speech. He also added that ‘In this report by way of example, the
constitutional foundations and juridical underpinning of Mountainous
Karabakh are impeccable. What we say here today is "no" to partisan
polemic presentations, "no" to applications of multiple standards and
"yes" to the principles and precepts presented in these drafts as duly
amended and ultimately to a connection between democratic standards
and ultimate political status’, – Hovannisian concluded.
To note, Raffi Hovannisian’s speech caused displeasure of the
Azerbaijani delegation. In particular, parliamentarian Ganira Pashayeva
said that "such opinions and explanations impact adversely on very
sensitive peace negotiations being carried out between Azerbaijan
and Armenia on the Nagorno-Karabakh problem. There is no similarity
between the Kosovo problem and conflicts in the CIS countries’.