INTERSTATE AGREEMENT OR PLAN AGAINST NATO

KarabakhOpen
17-04-2008 10:26:47

On April 18 the recurrent meeting of the joint parliamentary commission
of Armenia and Karabakh will take place in Stepanakert. Although
the meeting is said to be a recurrent one, it is obvious that it is
going to discuss an important issue for everyone – a comprehensive
agreement between Armenia and NKR. The agreement, as it has already
been noted, will include a point providing legal basis for Armenia
to defend Karabakh in case of aggression.

The decision on such a document was made 17 years after the declaration
of independence of NKR. It was not made even during the war when
hundreds of Armenian volunteers arrived in Karabakh to defend the
people of NKR.

Apparently the situation in the world has changed. The race
between the U.S. and Russia to spread their influence has become
tougher. The likelihood of NATO to expand in the East and the South
are perceived by Russia as efforts to bring "its" people to power in
some countries. However, Moscow considers the most adequate response
to NATO the threat to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

The president of Abkhazia Sergey Bahapsh approves the likelihood of
the Russian government to open a Russian representation to Abkhazia
and South Ossetia.

What makes indignant is that the issue of recognition of South Ossetia
and Abkhazia is viewed in the context of Georgia membership to NATO,
stated the leader of the People’s Party of South Ossetia Roland
Kelekhsayev in commenting on the information that the Russian foreign
ministry recommended the president of Russia to recognize Abkhazia
and South Ossetia only in case of accession of Georgia to NATO or
military aggression against those states.

Is the interstate agreement between Armenia and Karabakh part of
this plan?

And in which case this agreement cannot be signed? If what?