GEORGI PETROSSIAN: NKR ASSERTED ITS RIGHT TO EXIST
PanARMENIAN.Net
23.07.2008 15:02 GMT+04:00
During the years of its existence, the Foreign Ministry of the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic became an important link in statehood
building and democratic society consolidation, says a statement
issued by NKR Foreign Minister Georgy Petrossian on occasion of 15th
anniversary of the NKR MFA.
The statement says in part,
"The main goal of NKR foreign policy is international recognition
of its independence. The people of Nagorno Karabakh have realized
their right to self-determination. Many states gained independence
after decline of powers. Nagorno Karabakh has never been a part of
independent Azerbaijan. Its annexation to Azerbaijani Soviet Republic
was Stalin’s arbitrary decision
Karabakh’s independence was proclaimed in compliance of the
international law. On September 2 Declaration "On State Independence
of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic" was adopted.
Building its state system, NKR asserted its right to exist. The
republic holds presidential and parliamentary elections which meet
international democratic standards… No nation has ever renounced
independence it enjoyed in the course of 20 years."