SEMINAR ON IMPLICATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO FOR THE FUTURE OF NAGORO KARABAKH HELD IN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
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Jan 3 2009
Azerbaijan
A seminar on implications of the international recognition of Kosovo
for the future of Nagoro Karabakh was held in Michigan University.
The seminar was organized by the Program of Armenian studies of
the Michigan University, lead by famous political scientists Jirair
Libaridyan and Ronald Suni, as well as the Geneva center Himera led
by journalist Vigen Cheteryan.
On the whole, the seminar participants came to a conclusion that it
is unreal to expect the international recognition of the separatist
regime in Nagorno Karabakh, while Kosovo’s example is an exclusion,
rather than a precedent.
Consul general of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles Elin Suleymanov and
professor of the Columbian university Gocha Lordkipanidze spoke at
the seminar.
The Azerbaijani diplomat stressed differences between the development
of events in Kosovo and in the occupied lands of Azerbaijan, while
the Georgian expert touched upon the illegality of Russia’s actions
regarding separatist regions of Georgia.
Yet on the background of quite a positive spirit of discussios, several
aggressive statements of Russian political scientist Andranik Migrasyan
addressed to Azerbaijan and Georgia sounded dissonant. Notably,
unlike other participants of the seminar, including its organizers-
Armenians, it was Migrasyan who was actively referring to the Kosovo
precedent and displayed lesser interest in the peaceful resolution
of the territorial conflicts in the Caucasus.
The seminar was transmitted in the Internet and the related video
material will soon appear on the webpage of the Michigan University.