US SCIENTIST PAUL GOBLE: "IF KARABAKH IS MONO-ETHNIC NOW, IT IS SO ONLY BECAUSE OF THE FLIGHT OF MOST AZERBAIJANIS BECAUSE OF THE FIGHTING"
Today.Az
13 February 2008
US scientist Paul Goble has published an article on Window on Euraria
website, drawing parallels between the Aaland system of the conflict
resolution and problem of Nagorno Garabagh.
Goble announced that the Aaland system has already been proposed
to Azerbaijan
"The Aaland model maintained the territorial integrity of Finland
while providing almost unlimited autonomy to the Swedish-speaking
population of this archipelago".
Goble speaks of the history of the conflict resolution on the Aaland
Islands and brings number of positive aspects saying that each conflict
is unique and the word "model" is useless here".
He also points out traditional isolation of the Aalands and its
mono-cultural and mono-lingual population of the Aaland Islands
(Swedish) among differences between the conflicts.
Goble notes that if Karabakh is mono-ethnic now, it is so only because
of the flight of most Azerbaijanis because of the fighting.
He said the Aaland conflict did not have such a large number of dead
and wounded.