DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Feb 21 2008

HEAD OF RA PERMANENT COMMISSION ON EUROINTEGRATION: IN FUTURE ARMENIA
RECOGNIZE KOSOVO’S INDEPENDENCE

YEREVAN, 21.02.08. DE FACTO. Armenia will pause for a while, after
which it will undoubtedly recognize Kosovo’s independence, the head
of RA Permanent Commission on Eurointegration Avet Adonts told IA
REGNUM, underscoring it was his own impression.
In his words, Armenia has to undertake all possible steps to
neutralize negative consequences of the recognition, in part, the
possible coolness of relations with Serbia, which are at a high
level. Commenting the question if it is possible that after Kosovo’s
recognition Yerevan will request that the international community
undertake retaliatory steps – NKR’s recognition, Adonts noted that,
judging by the Armenian party’s sentiments, it has no intention of
abusing the issue and trying to gamble on it. `I do not think that
Yerevan will put forward such requests, I would rule out the
possibility of such statement of the question’, Adonts stated.
As a whole, according to the deputy’s estimations, on the current
stage Kosovo has already become a precedent and, what is of extreme
importance, a precedent in the very heart of Europe. `Undoubtedly,
the Nagorno-Karabakh problem and Kosovo issue have certain
qualitative differences – what was done in Kosovo a few days ago was
realized in the NKR over 16 years ago. In 1991 the NKR adopted the
Independence declaration, a referendum was conducted’, Adonts noted.