EXPERT SAYS SITUATIONS IN KARABKH AND CRIMEA ARE DIFFERENT

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
March 11 2014

11 March 2014 – 8:34pm

The ongoing crisis in Crimea has caused vehement debates concerning
the possibility of a unilateral declaration of independence and any
analogy between Nagorno-Karabakh and Crimea.

>From the point of view of such a comparison it’s quite clear why
Georgia firmly supports Ukraine’s territorial integrity, while
Azerbaijan and Armenia keep silent.

However according to German expert Wilfried Fuhrmann any
analogy between the Crimean crisis and the Nagorno-Karabkh war is
inappropriate. The Armenian forces have occupied the territory of
Nagorno-Karabakh and started a genocide of the Azerbaijani people.

In such a situation no free will of the population may be expressed,
Professor Fuhrmann stresses.