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The international recognition of Kosovo’s independence
is of Armenia’s benefit

The resolution of the issue of Kosovo’s independence
should be postponed for undefined period so that the
representatives of Serbia and Kosovo are able to reach
understanding and a general consensus.
31.01.2008 GMT+04:00

Most probably the Kosovo issue is close to its
completion. The Kosovo Albanians are in a hurry and
one of the reasons may be considered the upcoming
Presidential elections in Russia and the USA. Another
reason for it is that Kosovo fears that the EU will
change its positions. The truth is, that the
government of the territory and the NATO
representatives have finally agreed upon the action
plan after the scheduled declaration of independence
of the Serbian province. However, as the experts warn,
the declaration of independence may cause war.

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `The most dangerous thing is that
the Albanian issue for Europe is no joke. There are as
many unrecognized states as unrecognized geniuses
around us. And each of them represents a huge problem
at least for two totally successful countries.
Nagorno-Karabakh, Transnistria, Abkhazia, and South
Ossetia are only the territories we hear about every
day. But the sign from Pristine will give rise to
serious agitations among Kurds, who have been fighting
for their independent Kurdistan, more agitations in
Taiwan, deprived from China since long times and the
Serbian Republic, the constituent of Bosnia and
Herzegovina…’, writes the newspaper `Russian Germany’.

As the author of the article `Many years of frozen
conflicts’ (Le Monde) Daniel Verne supposes, the issue
of independence of the former Serbian province
conceals `virus’ which may have wide spreading.
According to him, `conflict defrosting’ which may
happen after Kosovo is granted independence, may cause
acceleration of the breakdown of the states (Moldova
and Georgia in particular).

In their turn the analysts of Stratford are sure that
the resolution of the issue of Kosovo’s independence
should be postponed for undefined period so that the
representatives of Serbia and Kosovo are able to reach
understanding and a general consensus. `Otherwise the
consequences may have the worst effect both for Europe
and the whole world,’ they say.

If the leader of Serbian radical party Tomislav
Nicolich wins in the Presidential election on February
3, Kosovo will definitely declare its independence
from Serbia within the next few days. If the current
President Boris Tadich wins, the Kosovo Albanians are
inclined to postpone the declaration of independence
by February 18, when the meeting of the Ministers of
Foreign Affairs of EU member states takes place,
Reuters informs.

The truth is that the head of government of Albania
Sali Berisha, while commenting on the agreement
between the Albanian government of the Kosovo
territory and NATO, refused the idea of the possible
establishment of the so called Large Albania in the
future. According to the Prime-Minister there is no
need for worries regarding this. Albania and Kosovo
are `two different realities’, emphasized Berisha
during his interview to AFR Agency in Tirana.

The Albanian Prime-Minister is sure that the
declaration of Kosovo independence will not become the
reason of destabilization of the situation in the
Balkans. Meanwhile Berisha doesn’t exclude the fact
that the official Belgrade will probably try to impede
the process of Kosovo’s sovereignty by all means.

Nevertheless, it should be mentioned that the
international recognition of Kosovo’s independence is
of Armenia’s benefit regarding the issue of regulation
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. `If Kosovo’s
independence is recognized on the international level,
the Armenian party will automatically have more rights
on its own issues, since those who insist on Kosovo’s
independence will have to start considering the
independence of Nagorno-Karabakh as well. Any
recognition, even if it is one-party recognition, as
it used to be in 70’s, when several countries
recognized the independence of Taiwan, is of Armenia’s
benefit,’ says the member of ARF Dashnaktsutiun Vahan
Hovhannisyan.
«PanARMENIAN.Net» analytical department