GEORGIAN POLITICAL SCIENTIST: KOSOVO VARIANT MAY BE USED FOR KARABAKH
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.04.2007 14:06 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Conflicts in Georgia have very little opportunities
for separatism, member of the Republican Party of Georgia, political
scientist Paata Zakareishvili stated to the PanARMENIAN.Net
journalist. He said, there is something similar between Kosovo and
Abkhazia but there are more differences here. "Really, if Pristina
wants to declare independence, she will do it without asking
anyone. The same concerns all conflict zones. But if we compare the
Kosovo conflict with the "frozen conflicts" in CIS, look what we will
see. There are 2 million Albanians in Kosovo and very few Serbians. And
in Abkhazia the native population is half as much than the two main
nations – Armenians and Georgians," Zakareishvili said. He also
stressed Albania supports Kosovo, Armenia – the Nagorno Karabakh,
but nobody backs Abkhazia. "Russia is out, it has its interests
there. The Kosovo variant may be used for Nagorno Karabakh, but it is
a very long process – settlement of all conflicts. As to the South
Ossetia, this case is much difficult. There exists North Ossetia,
which has pro-Russian stance, and Tbilisi has normal relations with
Vladikavkaz, two main roads via North Ossetia – the Rokski pass and
"Verkhni Lars" – join the South Caucasus with Russia," the Georgian
political scientist said.