Nagorno-Karabakh Republic proves that true democracy is possible:
Robert Avetisyan

19:03, 29 Jan 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

Responding, on the pages of The New York Times, to an attack from his
Azerbaijani counterpart against Artsakh’s freedom, Robert
Avetisyan, NKR Representative to the US, explains that the “existence
of the democratic Nagorno-Karabakh Republic proves that true
democracy is possible, even in conditions of a permanent threat of
foreign aggression.”

The New York Times correctly notes that “The writer is the
representative of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to the United States.”

The article reads:

A Jan. 21 letter from Azerbaijan’s ambassador seems to be calling on
the United States to disregard the continued campaign against human
rights and freedoms in his country. Instead, he suggests turning
attention to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh,
which remains unresolved because of Azerbaijan’s revanchist
aspirations.

Apparently, the recent increase in bloody attacks against
Nagorno-Karabakh is how the Azeri leadership has chosen to distract
attention, both domestic and international, from its suppression of
liberties and dissent. The Azeri leadership must realize that by doing
so it only deepens the gap with the international community, and
delays a solution of the regional problems.

Azerbaijan must stop using pretexts, including military provocations,
to justify domestic shortcomings. Existence of the democratic
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic proves that true democracy is possible, even
in conditions of a permanent threat of foreign aggression.

The people and democratically elected government of my country, the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, are interested in peace, prosperity and
democracy in all regional states, including neighboring Azerbaijan.