KARABAKH SOLUTION SHOULD BE BASED ON INTERNATIONAL LAW – ROMANIAN FM
Armenian Public TV
Nov 15 2008
[Presenter] At today’s news conference of the Armenian and Romanian
foreign ministers, the ministers Edvard Nalbandyan [of Armenia]
and Lazar Comanescu [of Romania] said that negotiations [between
Armenia and Romania] are constructive and promising. All prospects for
cooperation between the two countries – from political dialogue to a
wider range of agricultural cooperation – have been discussed. Lazar
Comanescu welcomed the latest development in the Karabakh settlement
process. The ministers expressed their position regarding the
principles of the [Karabakh] settlement.
[Comanescu speaking at the news conference with Armenian voiceover]
In cases like this, the best way to solve problems is political
dialogue between the sides in the conflict. On such a serious issue
as the settlement of the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict, respect for
international law should dominate. The principle of territorial
integrity is extremely important. However, the Helsinki Final Act
and the UN Charter have other important principles, which should be
correlated with one another.
[Foreign Minister Edvard Nalbandyan] All principles are very
important. Of course, we cannot say that one principle is more
important than others. Otherwise we would liken it to a well-known
story by George Orwell, that everyone is equal, but one is more equal
than others. That is, conflicts should be solved on the basis of the
principles of international law.