ARMENIA SHOULD AT LEAST RECOGNIZE LEGITIMACY OF KARABAKH’S ESTABLISHMENT – FORMER HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
NEWS.AM
February 22, 2013 | 01:57
YEREVAN. – Solutions that are beyond the legal domain are impossible in
the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) issue, Armenia’s first Human Rights Defender,
Larisa Alaverdyan, told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
“We ourselves do not recognize the [Nagorno-KarabakhRepublic] NKR’s
legitimacy within the present-day boundaries. If the political elite
are afraid to recognize NK’s independence, they should at least
recognize the legitimacy of NK’s establishment,” she stressed.
Alaverdyan is convinced that this matter is not at all linked to the
concern that the OSCE Minsk Group negotiation process could fail, or
Azerbaijan could launch military operations, should Armenia recognize
NKR’s independence.
“It is important that the right political moment should be chosen for
this [that is, Armenia’s recognition of NKR’s independence]. This was
discussed in 1992, as in 2008, when the independence of Kosovo was
recognized. Not gaining a political capital was simply inexpedient
at the time,” Armenia’s first ombudswoman stated.
Larisa Alaverdyan also stressed that the greater activeness in
the informational field, and with respect to the NK issue, can be
considered as an undisputed achievement of Armenia’s President,
Serzh Sargsyan.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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