NAGORNO-KARABAKH REPUBLIC HAILS RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA INDEPENDENCE

ARMENPRESS
Aug 28, 2008

STEPANAKERT, AUGUST 28, ARMENPRESS: The foreign ministry of
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) hailed today Russia’s recognition of
the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

In a statement the ministry said the recognition of both republics’
independence is in full compliance with the basic principles of the
peoples’ right to self-determination, as it is fixed in the fundamental
documents and legal standards of the OSCE, UN and other international
organizations. "We have warned many a time that threats of use of
force, the excessive military build-up and the strive to resolve
problems by force are fraught with humanitarian catastrophes,’ the
statement said adding that Nagorno-Karabakh hopes that all stakeholders
will draw right conclusions from the latest developments in the South
Caucasus and will make concrete steps to solve all existing conflict
exclusively through peaceful means and restore the region’s stability.