VLADIMIR VARDANIAN: PROVISO IN AGREEMENT IS BESIDE THE PURPOSE

Aysor
Jan 14 2010
Armenia

Constitutional Law specialist Vladimir Vardanian said of some aspects
of Armenian Constitutional Court’s decision on Armenian-Turkish
protocols. He said, Court’s decision doesn’t say no to provisos, but in
legal terms they are beside the purpose. Besides, the international
experience never met proviso for bilateral agreements. However,
some examples exist, in particular, in relation with multilateral
agreements.

According to analyst, proviso in protocols makes them wrong from a
legal point of view, while from political point, this doesn’t go with
Armenia’s interests.

Court’s decision can be characterized as "a document which clarifies
and sets right the diplomatic failures by Armenian side", says Vladimir
Vardanian. This is a "juristic decision" beyond political motives,
according to specialist.