Lavrov: The principles of self-determination and territorial integrity
can not prevail over each other
22.01.2010 14:03
Yerevan (Yerkir) – `There is no precise hierarchy between the basic
principles of the international law and all serious scientists attach
similar importance to the principle of territorial integrity, people’s
right to self-determination and other principles of the international
law, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has told a news conference
in Moscow.
The only attempt to realize the principle of self-determination within
the framework of the principle of territorial integrity was in the UN
declaration adopted in 1970, he added.